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D2l Brightspace to Infor LN integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep D2l Brightspace and Infor LN in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect D2l Brightspace and Infor LN

Sync the workers, org structure, and cost centers that Infor LN and D2l Brightspace share in real time, so the people D2l Brightspace manages stay current in the system that runs finance and operations.

D2l Brightspace is the system of record for people: who was hired, which department and location they sit in, who they report to, and how they are paid. Infor LN runs finance and operations, and much of what it does depends on that same information, from booking labor cost to approving an expense report to staffing a project. Where the two are bridged by re-keying or an overnight file, each side spends the day out of step, with new hires missing from the systems they need and leavers still active where they should not be.

Stacksync syncs Purchase orders, Production orders, Warehouse / inventory, Projects in Infor LN with Assignments (Dropbox), Groups and Sections, Users, Enrollments in D2l Brightspace field by field, in real time, and in both directions. You decide which system owns which fields, so the people side stays authoritative for worker data while Infor LN keeps its own accounting and operational detail, and every change made in one is reflected in the other within seconds instead of at the next batch run.

Common use cases

  • 01 Run a two-way sync of business partners between LN and a CRM so sales and manufacturing share account data.
  • 02 Keep inventory positions aligned between LN and distribution or aftermarket service systems.
  • 03 Write Grades reconciled in a warehouse back onto Brightspace grade objects, and read grade values out for transcript and completion reporting.
  • 04 Provision Org Units such as course offerings and sections, then enroll learners from an operational database when a cohort or class is created upstream.

Common sync patterns

Where D2l Brightspace runs payroll: labor cost in the books

Pay and compensation data from D2l Brightspace posts into Infor LN as labor cost, so finance sees workforce spend without re-entering it by hand.

Where D2l Brightspace is the worker system of record: one employee master

When a worker is hired, moved, or offboarded in D2l Brightspace, the matching employee record in Infor LN is created, updated, or deactivated, so the business system reflects the workforce as it actually is.

New hires ready to transact in Infor LN

A new person set up in D2l Brightspace becomes an employee record in Infor LN in time to submit expenses, enter time, or approve a purchase, without waiting on manual setup.

What you can sync between D2l Brightspace and Infor LN

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

D2l Brightspace objects Infor LN objects How this pairing syncs
Grades Grade objects, categories, schemes, and per-user grade values in the Learning Environment (le) component; values can be read out and written back onto the gradebook. Service orders Aftermarket service documents synced with field service tools. Grades is specific to D2l Brightspace and Service orders to Infor LN — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Content (Modules, Topics, and User Progress) Course content structure plus per-user completion; progress is read into a warehouse and topics can be created and updated via the API. Items Manufacturing item masters synced to PLM, MES, and commerce systems. Content (Modules, Topics, and User Progress) is specific to D2l Brightspace and Items to Infor LN — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Quizzes Quiz objects and per-user attempts and results; attempt data is read out for engagement and completion analytics. Bills of material Product structures shared with engineering and planning tools. Quizzes is specific to D2l Brightspace and Bills of material to Infor LN — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Assignments (Dropbox) Dropbox folders, submissions, and feedback; submission and evaluation data is read into reporting systems and feedback can be written back. Business partners LN's unified customer/supplier records matched against CRM accounts. Assignments (Dropbox) is specific to D2l Brightspace and Business partners to Infor LN — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Groups and Sections Group categories, groups, and section membership within an org unit; enrollments are read and written to keep cohort assignments aligned. Sales orders Demand documents synced in from EDI and commerce channels. Groups and Sections is specific to D2l Brightspace and Sales orders to Infor LN — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Users User accounts in the Learning Platform (lp) component; created, read, updated, and deleted through the Valence API and typically synced two-way with an SIS or HRIS. Purchase orders Supply documents shared with supplier and procurement systems. Users is specific to D2l Brightspace and Purchase orders to Infor LN — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between D2l Brightspace and Infor LN

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

D2l Brightspace Infor LN Sub-second propagation

DetectionD2l Brightspace notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Infor LN through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Infor LN D2l Brightspace Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Infor LN for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Event-style BOD publications through Infor ION where configured.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to D2l Brightspace through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • D2l Brightspace: Per-caller token-bucket credit scheme; each route costs credits, responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and over-quota calls return HTTP 429. D2L can adjust per-route credit costs.
  • Infor LN: Subject to the ION API gateway's tenant rate limits in cloud deployments.
What ships with D2l Brightspace ⇄ Infor LN

Connect D2l Brightspace and Infor LN for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every D2l Brightspace–Infor LN connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in D2l Brightspace or Infor LN instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever D2l Brightspace or Infor LN data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single D2l Brightspace or Infor LN record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your D2l Brightspace ⇄ Infor LN sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between D2l Brightspace and Infor LN.

How the D2l Brightspace and Infor LN connectors work

D2l Brightspace

Integration surface
Brightspace (Valence) REST API split into independently-versioned Learning Platform (lp) and Learning Environment (le) components, plus the Data Hub / Data Export Framework and Brightspace Data Streams
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authorization-code grant against the D2L auth service (auth.brightspace.com); a registered app holds a client ID and secret with per-scope grants (group:resource:action, e.g. users:userdata:read), short-lived access tokens, and refresh tokens
Change detection
Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and Brightspace Data Streams webhooks (xAPI activity events) for near-real-time signals
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Per-caller token-bucket credit scheme; each route costs credits, responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and over-quota calls return HTTP 429. D2L can adjust per-route credit costs.
D2l Brightspace setup guide

Infor LN

Integration surface
SOAP and REST web services, with standardized BOD exchange through Infor ION in Infor OS deployments
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 via the ION API gateway in cloud deployments; application credentials on premises
Change detection
Event-style BOD publications through Infor ION where configured; otherwise polling
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Subject to the ION API gateway's tenant rate limits in cloud deployments.
How it works

How to connect D2l Brightspace to Infor LN — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate D2l Brightspace and Infor LN with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    D2l Brightspace connected
    Infor LN connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the D2l Brightspace and Infor LN objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · D2l Brightspace ⇄ Infor LN
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    D2l Brightspace Infor LN
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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