Install Sana Add-on in NAV Environment

• Backup standard NAV objects;
• Import new objects. These are new custom SC objects which most likely do not yet exist in the administration;
• Update changed NAV objects. Some standard NAV objects are changed for SC that need to be updated.

Step 1: Open the 'Microsoft Dynamics NAV Changes' chapter of the online help and locate the list of the standard NAV objects changed by Sana Commerce.

Step 2: Open the Object Designer in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Client and select the objects which are listed in the aforementioned chapter. Export the selected objects to a 'fob' or 'txt' file.

Step 3: Place the resulting 'fob' or 'txt' file to a reliable backup location and keep it for the whole period of using Sana Commerce.

Import New NAV Objects 

Important: Sana Commerce delivers Microsoft Dynamics NAV objects for W1 and NA localizations. You can check the list of NAV versions and localizations for which the NAV objects are available on the Sana Community web site. If you are using some other localization, for example DE (German), it may happen that it contains country/region specific features which are not present in the W1 localization as they are not considered generic enough or vice versa the features which are present in the W1 localization are not included into your localized objects. In this case a problem may occur if either in the new Sana objects or in the standard NAV objects changed by Sana there is a reference to some standard NAV functionality which is not present in your localized Microsoft Dynamics NAV objects. To avoid the problem which may occur in this situation your NAV developers should carefully merge the Sana objects with your localized objects. We also recommend to recompile all Sana objects after they are merged to make sure that there are no errors.

The objects for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5 with Pebblestone Fashion add-on are also delivered on demand. If you use Microsoft Dynamics NAV with Pebblestone Fashion add-on, you should request the 'Pfs Fashion Add-on' package.

If you update the SC installation to a new version or the NAV objects from your current database have been customized, you should, in order to save your changes, manually update the new NAV objects from the SC project. To do this, you should export the changed NAV objects to a text file, then, using a merge tool, you merge this file with the 'SC_objects.txt' file and import the newly merged text file into Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Some input text fields used within the Sana Commerce webshop have a different maximum length in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4 and 5. For now, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5 field length validation is used in SC by default. Therefore, if you use Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5 there is no need to change input text field validation. But if you use Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4, change to the validation for the select input text fields in order to prevent validation errors. Read the chapter 'Configure field lengths for NAV 4' for more details.

Step 2: Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client, go to 'Tools' in the main menu and select 'Object Designer'.

Step 3: Go to 'File' and select 'Import'. Locate the file 'SC_objects.fob' in the 'Navision' folder of the Sana Commerce release package and press 'OK'. The following pop-up window appears: 

 
Importing of New NAV Objects 

Step 4: Press 'Yes' to start the import of the new objects. An overview of the import is shown when it is finished:

 
Importing of New Objects is Finished 

The Sana Commerce menus will only be shown after the import if the SC ID range is added to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV (developer) license used in the administration.

• If the standard NAV objects in your database have already been customized, you should manually merge these objects with the objects from the SC package. Resulted objects will contain both your customization and SC changes:

Step 1: Export the changed NAV objects to a text file using 'Object Designer'.

Step 2: Merge the text file with the 'SC_Standard_objects.txt' file using a merge tool. Check the 'Microsoft Dynamics NAV Changes' section for an overview of the changes to the standard NAV objects.

Important: Make sure that you have merged the 'ApplicationVersion' procedure in 'Codeunit 1 - Application Management'. Otherwise, the Sana Commerce webstore will not work. This procedure contains the version of Sana Commerce. Depending on the NAV objects you are merging the versions of NAV and Sana may differ in this line of code.

Step 3: Import the resulting text file in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Step 4: Click 'All' in 'Object Designer'.

Step 5: Apply filter on the 'Compiled' column (click 'View > Field Filter' or press 'F7') and enter 'No' in the filter field:

Applying Filter on the 'Compiled' Column

Step 6: Select all uncompiled objects and click 'Tools > Compile' (or press 'F11'):


Preparing to Compile the Objects

• If standard objects in your Microsoft Dynamics NAV database are without any customization you can use the 'Import Worksheet' window:

Step 1: Open 'Object Designer'.

Step 2: Go to 'File' and select 'Import'. Locate the file 'SC_Standard_objects.fob' and press 'OK'.
You will get the following pop-up message:


Conflicts Between Standard and Imported Objects were Found

Step 3: Click 'OK' to open the 'Import Worksheet' window:


The 'Import Worksheet' Window