Simplify Application Integration Monitoring with Data Integration Solution for D365 F&SCM

A key trend in the market across industries is to move to the best-of-the-breed applications. So, organizations are increasingly investing in specific solutions to strengthen their business functions. As a result of this, the application landscape is growing by leaps and bounds and is becoming more complex.

According to this report, organizations used 300 applications on average. Therefore, there has been a significant rise in the use of business applications across industries and that number has been steadily growing. 

This comes as no surprise to us, and not just because we are an independent solution provider and have been developing enterprise-ready applications for Microsoft Dynamics for the last 17+ years. But because we can see the growth in the adoption of business applications all around us. 

Just imagine the amount of data flowing through each application but having fragmented and disconnected data! And as data is the key to unlocking groundbreaking insights, it’s key to have good data to remarkably improve decision-making and strategizing.

An application integration solution such as Data Integration Solution can connect your complex application landscape and help you make this journey from scattered data to organized data for better decision-making. In this blog, we will talk about the challenges in integration monitoring and also cover how STAEDEAN’s new application can help you monitor application integrations with ease.

What are the common challenges in integration monitoring? 

After the integrations are configured, you have taken only the first step in your journey to data transformation. To witness the benefits of application integration, you need to proactively manage and monitor your integrations. A failed integration on the other hand could impact business continuity and lead to significant losses.  

How can you track your integrations in Data Integration Solution? 

It is a known fact that integrations are crucial to business continuity but without any insight into integration performance, it is difficult to understand or point out what needs fixing. Keeping this in mind, we have built an integration performance monitoring application within Data Integration Solution that can help companies track and manage their integration performance.

This performance monitoring app can help you track all your key integrations configured using Data Integration Solution for Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management. The app can easily be accessed on your mobile phone or tablet from anywhere and is embedded within Microsoft Teams for easy accessibility. Additionally, this app can also help you monitor business processes, as well as your MDM and EDI messages (configured via STAEDEAN's Data Governance Solution and EDI Studio respectively) – all in one place.

Why should you use Data Integration Solution to monitor integrations? 

Below are the benefits and features that Data Integration Solution's integration monitoring app offers. 

Holistic visibility on the go 

Since you have access to integration performance on mobile devices you can access real-time insights at any time with one click. The integration monitoring app's graphical dashboard provides a clear indication of the health of all your applications within your network and the app is easy to use on the go. It is also easy to compartmentalize errors by Project, Application, Company, etc.   

Understand failure impact and take swift remedial actions 

A comprehensive Power BI dashboard helps you understand the depth of integration failure across your ‘Companies’ and ‘Applications’ involved, while the actionable message log feature helps direct you to the location in Data Integration Solution where the error occurred. Thus, you can quickly resolve issues and fix integration problems.  Notifications are automatically sent to the integration owner upon failure via Teams.  

Optimize integrations 

Via dashboards, you also get access to strategic metrics such as slow-performing integrations over time, peak message flow times during the day, etc. These can be used to optimize integrations and keep your application landscape healthy.  

Built for collaboration 

Our integration monitoring app has been embedded within Microsoft Teams for seamless collaboration. The minute an error is found, a notification is issued in Teams and it’s easy to assemble a task force for a quick resolution.  

Technical as well as Business Process Monitoring 

Integrations or interactions not only occur across systems, but also in the form of business messages such as EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) with various vendors or in the form of MDM messages across various legal entities. At STAEDEAN, our solutions EDI Studio and Data Governance Solution enable these capabilities. 

Data Integration Solution's monitoring app is also able to track business process messages exchanged through EDI Studio or Data Governance Solution. If you use these solutions from STAEDEAN, you could get multi-fold benefits by using our Data Integration Solution as your one-stop shop monitoring tool. 

How has our integration monitoring app been built? 

Data Integration Solution's integration monitoring app has been built with Dataverse as a foundation with Power Apps and Power BI as the front-end. The app leverages Power Automate to increase efficiency and reduce resolution time. It is seamlessly integrated with the Dynamics 365 F&SCM environment. The app is available via MS Teams in order to foster collaboration for quick error resolution times. 

Is Data Integration Solution the right solution for you? 

While you might be struggling with the monitoring of failed integrations or could be scouting for a new application integration solution, it is critical for you to look for software that fits your business requirements. Our Data Integration Solution will help you track and resolve integration failures in Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SCM, but if you are not a D365 user then we are not the right fit for you. However, we hope this blog has helped you understand the benefits of using a solution that offers scope for integration performance monitoring.

If you do use D365, we hope that this blog has helped you understand the benefits of using our Data Integration Solution. The solution can help you monitor integrations, get the best out of connected systems, and avoid any loss of business continuity. A pre-requisite is that you must have a Power Platform license and Power BI in your ecosystem. To learn more, please download our solution factsheet from the link shared below.