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Is your team manually exporting product data from Business Central and uploading it to Akeneo? OmniConnect by Codeunit automates the flow of product information between Business Central and Akeneo PIM, keeping your catalogue accurate and channel-ready without manual effort.

Built for product managers and ERP teams who rely on Akeneo to distribute content across commerce channels, the connector ensures every item created or updated in Business Central is reflected in Akeneo.

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What It Does

• Product Synchronisation — Items from Business Central are created or updated as Akeneo products with full attribute values, locale assignments, and channel scope. Both a flat-product mode and a structured product-model mode are supported, with a configurable default family applied when a product is created for the first time.
• Product Variant and Model Management — When your Akeneo catalogue uses a product model hierarchy, product models are created and maintained automatically alongside their variant products. The correct parent model is resolved for each product based on configurable attribute mappings, keeping your variant tree consistent as items change.
• Attribute Option Management — Missing attribute options for single-select and multi-select attributes are created automatically in Akeneo when new values are encountered. Option codes are derived using a configurable label-to-code mapping, so new classifications in Business Central never require manual option setup in Akeneo.
• Product Image Transfer — Product images held in Akeneo are available for transfer directly to Business Central on demand. Images are streamed without intermediate storage, ensuring Business Central always receives the current version of each product image.

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Key Benefits

• Single source of truth — Business Central item records drive Akeneo, eliminating duplicate data entry and reducing catalogue maintenance overhead.
• Flexible product structure — Choose between simple flat products or a full product model hierarchy to match how your Akeneo catalogue is organised.
• Multi-locale and multi-channel support — Attribute values are synchronised with locale and scope assignments, supporting multilingual and multi-channel product catalogues natively.
• Automatic attribute option creation — New select values in Business Central are automatically registered as Akeneo attribute options, keeping catalogues consistent without manual PIM administration.
• Insert-only field protection — Individual attributes can be marked as insert-only so existing Akeneo enrichments are preserved and never overwritten by subsequent updates.
• Configurable new-product defaults — Default attribute values and product family are configured per integration, ensuring every new product arrives in Akeneo in a valid, publishable state.
• On-demand image access — Product images in Akeneo are available to Business Central via direct streaming transfer, without additional file storage or manual downloads.

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OmniConnect Portal — included with your integration

Every integration comes with access to the OmniConnect Portal — giving you full insight into everything flowing between your connected systems. Get notified when something requires your attention, and correct data or resubmit failed transactions on the fly — all from a single interface.

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Built for your business

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