eConnect XML Documents

An eConnect XML document is a text based data structure that represents a Microsoft Dynamics GP transaction or document. To submit or retrieve Microsoft Dynamics GP data, you send or receive data as an eConnect XML document.

You use an eConnect XML document to represent the data for a Microsoft Dynamics GP operation. For example, you have to create an XML document when you want to add or update a record in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Hint: To help you create an eConnect XML document, you can use the classes in the Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.eConnect.Serialization .NET assembly. You can use the classes to create a document and then convert that document to XML. For information about the serialization classes, see Creating an eConnect document for a .NET project and Serializing an eConnect document object.

When you use eConnect to retrieve a Microsoft Dynamics GP document, the data appears as an eConnect XML document. To use the data, you get values from the XML document.

The following sections provide more detailed information about eConnect XML documents:

• eConnect XML document structure
• Creating an eConnect XML document
• Using the eConnect XML document sample files
• Using eConnect to update existing data
• Automating document number assignment
• Special characters in eConnect XML documents