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# Application Overview

The **Shopware 6 API Connector** is seamlessly integrated into **Dynamics 365 Business Central** and forms the bridge between your ERP system and your online shop.\
This section gives you a compact overview of the structure, the main functions, and the basic workflow of the application.

For a list of all functions, see [Introduction to the Shopware 6 API Connector](/shopware/shopware6_en_us/readme.md).

**1. Structure of the user interface**

The connector consists of several main areas that you can reach through the menu in Business Central:

* **Order Dashboard**

  Starting point of the application with an overview of all sales orders that have been synchronized from Shopware to Business Central.
* **Upload Data**

  This button allows you to carry out updates from Business Central to Shopware from a single place, for example when prices change.
* **Download Orders**

  Manual download of new orders from Shopware to Business Central. As a rule, however, this takes place through a job queue.
* **Activity Log**

  Shows all synchronizations that have been carried out and their result.
* **API Call Log**

  A list of all API calls and information about them.
* **Mapping**

  Direct link to the mapping tables used to assign data between Business Central and Shopware.
* **Configuration**

  Here you store your API credentials, among other things, and define which Shopware instance is connected.
* **Related**

  Shortcut to various tables that are needed in connection with the Shopware Connector, for example for creating item variants.

In addition to the functions of the "*Shopware*" tab newly added by the connector, the connector extends many areas of the Business Central environment:

* Extension of item cards, categories, and attributes with the option to upload them to Shopware.
* Extension of the item picture with a function for managing several item pictures.
* Extension of the Item Card with the selection of a sales channel assignment.
* And much more.

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**2. Basic questions**

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**Leading system**

The Shopware 6 Connector is designed so that the ERP system is used as the leading system. However, it also offers the option of maintaining certain data in Shopware, for example:

* Image data
* Shopware categories

You will find further options in the [Configuration](/shopware/shopware6_en_us/configuration/authentication-to-the-online-shop.md) and in the [Master Data Management](/shopware/shopware6_en_us/master-data-management/simple-items.md) section.
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**Existing systems**

The connector can work with existing Business Central environments as well as with existing Shopware systems. An initial download from Shopware with all data, including item, customer, and order data, is possible.
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<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Job queues</strong></td><td>You can create job queues in Business Central yourself in order to automate processes for your own requirements.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Upgradeability</strong></td><td>Business Central remains fully upgradeable, because the connector does not interfere with existing tables but builds on top of them.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Customization</strong></td><td><p>Are you using an individually extended Business Central environment, or does the connector not cover your individual requirements?</p><p>We are happy to program an individual extension for your requirements.</p><p>Contact us:</p><p><a href="/pages/4aNcRYyBdeVIvMmDNBg4">Support Contacts</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

**3. Next steps**

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Follow the chapter <a href="/pages/mM8NjE6ZluiKAGz80Sdt">Authentication to the Online Shop</a> to prepare the first synchronization.</td></tr><tr><td>Read <a href="/pages/6THJt84z2O7RCU5AbVJU">Master Data Management</a> to understand which information is synchronized and how.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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