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Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Success Factors integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors 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 Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors

Sync the workers, org structure, and cost centers that Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors share in real time, so the people Success Factors manages stay current in the system that runs finance and operations.

Success Factors 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. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 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 Vendors, Items, Sales Orders & Invoices, Purchase Orders in Microsoft Dynamics NAV with EmpEmployment, EmpJob, EmpCompensation, Foundation Objects (FODepartment, FOLocation, FOCostCenter) in Success Factors 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 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 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 Replicate G/L and ledger entries into a warehouse for consolidated finance reporting.
  • 02 Keep inventory availability current in storefronts and customer portals.
  • 03 Keep Foundation Objects (department, location, cost center) aligned between SuccessFactors and an ERP so cost-center and org hierarchies match.
  • 04 Write updated PerEmail, PerPhone, and User attributes back into SuccessFactors from an identity or directory system so contact data stays current.

Common sync patterns

Reporting lines drive approvals

Manager and reporting-hierarchy changes in Success Factors keep expense and purchase approval chains in Microsoft Dynamics NAV pointed at the right people.

Where Success Factors runs payroll: labor cost in the books

Pay and compensation data from Success Factors posts into Microsoft Dynamics NAV as labor cost, so finance sees workforce spend without re-entering it by hand.

Where Success Factors is the worker system of record: one employee master

When a worker is hired, moved, or offboarded in Success Factors, the matching employee record in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is created, updated, or deactivated, so the business system reflects the workforce as it actually is.

What you can sync between Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors

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.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV objects Success Factors objects How this pairing syncs
Vendors Vendor cards aligned with procurement and AP tools. PerEmail and PerPhone Contact sub-entities under PerPerson; synced two-way with a directory or comms system to keep worker contact data current. Vendors is specific to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and PerEmail and PerPhone to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Items Item cards and availability mirrored to ecommerce and planning systems. User Core identity/User entity behind role-based permissions; a model distinct from Employee Central, synced two-way with a directory or IdP and downstream apps. Items is specific to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and User to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Sales Orders & Invoices Sales documents created from external orders and read back for posting status. PerPerson Person-level container in Employee Central holding biographical data; effective-dated child entities (PerPersonal, PerEmail, PerPhone) hang off it. Sales Orders & Invoices is specific to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and PerPerson to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Purchase Orders Purchasing documents reconciled with receiving and vendor systems. EmpEmployment Employment record tying a person to an employment period (hire, service dates); carries lastModifiedDateTime used for incremental polling. Purchase Orders is specific to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and EmpEmployment to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
G/L Entries Posted ledger entries replicated to warehouses for finance reporting. EmpJob Effective-dated job info: position, department, manager, FTE, pay grade, cost center; the most-synced record for downstream HR and provisioning. G/L Entries is specific to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and EmpJob to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Item Ledger Entries Inventory movement history read for stock and costing analytics. EmpCompensation Effective-dated pay and compensation; usually read into a warehouse for reporting, writable for comp updates as new dated slices. Item Ledger Entries is specific to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and EmpCompensation to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors

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.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Success Factors Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in Microsoft Dynamics NAV are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Polling on modified/timestamp fields, or SQL Server change tracking/CDC on on-premises databases.

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

Success Factors Microsoft Dynamics NAV Sub-second propagation

DetectionSuccess Factors notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Polling on each entity's lastModifiedDateTime / lastModifiedOn (effective-dated entities require date-range handling).

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to Microsoft Dynamics NAV as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Success Factors: OData calls are throttled at the tenant level (Access Limits for OData V2); large reads must be paginated (default page size 1000) via $top/$skip or paging cursors.
What ships with Microsoft Dynamics NAV ⇄ Success Factors

Connect Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Microsoft Dynamics NAV–Success Factors connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Success Factors instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Success Factors 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 Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Success Factors record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Microsoft Dynamics NAV ⇄ Success Factors sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors.

How the Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors connectors work

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Integration surface
SOAP and OData web services published from NAV pages and codeunits; direct SQL Server access on-premises
Authentication
Windows authentication or NavUserPassword credentials
Change detection
Polling on modified/timestamp fields, or SQL Server change tracking/CDC on on-premises databases; no native webhooks
Capabilities
read · write · CDC

Success Factors

Integration surface
OData V2 and V4 REST APIs (plus legacy SFAPI / Compound Employee SOAP API)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 SAML Bearer Assertion — register an OAuth client for an API key (used as client_id), then exchange a signed SAML assertion for a short-lived access token; legacy HTTP Basic auth is being retired
Change detection
Polling on each entity's lastModifiedDateTime / lastModifiedOn (effective-dated entities require date-range handling); Intelligent Services can also push a fixed set of standard business events (e.g. Employee Hire) to a REST endpoint
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
OData calls are throttled at the tenant level (Access Limits for OData V2); large reads must be paginated (default page size 1000) via $top/$skip or paging cursors.
How it works

How to connect Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Success Factors — 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 Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors 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
    Microsoft Dynamics NAV connected
    Success Factors connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Success Factors 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 · Microsoft Dynamics NAV ⇄ Success Factors
    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
    Microsoft Dynamics NAV Success Factors
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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