Connect Paige to Dynamics 365 Business Central
Two working paths from Paige into Business Central: a Power Automate flow that creates each purchase invoice from Paige's extracted fields and attaches the PDF using Microsoft's own connector, or a direct integration with the Business Central API for developers. Which to pick, what lands in Business Central, and the step-by-step guides.
Paige reads the invoice — vendor, invoice number, dates, total, line items, even handwritten ones — and Business Central gets a draft purchase invoice with the PDF attached, without anyone keying it in.
Business Central (Dynamics 365 Business Central, "BC," and for people who remember, Dynamics NAV or Navision) is Microsoft's small and mid-size ERP. Microsoft's own tools reach it: a Business Central connector in Power Automate, and a documented REST API. Paige's SFTP export feeds either.
What lands in Business Central
| Power Automate | API integration | |
|---|---|---|
| A purchase invoice (draft) per invoice | Created within minutes of Paige finishing the document | Same, on your own schedule |
| Vendor, invoice date, due date, vendor invoice number | From Paige's fields | From Paige's fields |
| Lines | One G/L account line at the total, or one line per Paige line item | Same |
| The PDF attached to the invoice | Yes, as an incoming document attachment | Yes |
| Who builds it | An administrator comfortable with Power Automate | A developer |
Pick a path
| Path | Choose it when | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Power Automate | You have Microsoft 365 and a Power Automate license that includes premium connectors (the Business Central and SFTP - SSH connectors are premium). This is the path for most Business Central customers. | Create Business Central purchase invoices from Paige with Power Automate |
| API integration | You're already integrating Business Central in code, or you want to read Paige's API directly instead of watching exported files. | Integrate Paige with the Business Central API |