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Monitoring for business-critical interfaces between D365 and OASE

For volenergy, CONSENSO TECH developed a monitoring concept and an operational monitoring solution for business-critical interfaces between Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O and the legacy system OASE. Using Grafana and Apache NiFi, data flows, interface servers and transfer errors were made more transparent and more controllable.

At a glance

Starting point

  • D365 F&O as the new finance system, OASE still in use as the operational system
  • Business-critical bidirectional interfaces
  • Stability problems after go-live
  • A lack of transparency over interface servers and data transfers
  • A need for operational control for the finance team
  • Interfaces partly based on older technical structures

Solution

  • Analysis of the existing interface landscape
  • Development of a monitoring concept
  • Monitoring solution with Grafana and Apache NiFi
  • Monitoring of interface servers and data flows
  • Visibility of successful and failed data transfers
  • Reconciliation and control mechanisms for relevant financial data
  • Advice on stabilising and developing the technical stack

Result

  • Better transparency over business-critical interfaces
  • Earlier detection of errors and outages
  • More control for the finance team
  • More stable data flows between D365 F&O and OASE
  • Reduced operational risk after go-live
  • A foundation for structured interface and operations monitoring

volenergy introduced Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O as its finance system, while operational processes continued to be represented in the existing legacy system OASE. This produced bidirectional interfaces between the finance and operational systems that were business-critical for day-to-day operations.

After go-live, stability problems arose in these interfaces. Data transfers did not always run reliably, interface servers could fail, and the finance team lacked the transparency needed to detect problems early and respond in a targeted way.

CONSENSO TECH was first brought in to advise and then supported the construction of a monitoring solution based on Grafana and Apache NiFi. The solution makes visible whether interface servers are available, whether data transfers completed successfully and where discrepancies or errors occur. This gave the finance team more control over the data flows between D365 F&O and OASE.