Business Central · Data foundation
Business Central · Data foundation

The data foundation stays. The system is replaceable.

We separate the data foundation rigorously from the application layer. This way you own a clean foundation that survives system changes and makes automation and AI possible in the first place.

Read on: an ERP that grows with you
Your lasting capital

Your data is the capital. We treat it that way.

In Business Central we consistently separate the data foundation from the application layer: master data, structures and process data are built so that they survive a change of systems and remain usable for reporting, other applications and AI. What that changes in everyday work is shown in the comparison.

Changes

The application layer

Interface, configuration and features change with every release and could in theory be swapped out. They are not your lasting value.

Stays

The data foundation

Your clean, structured data foundation belongs to you. It survives releases and system changes and stays universally usable, for analyses, other applications and AI.

I tie the data foundation to your processes and to what makes you different, not to the system. Get that right and it holds, even when AI starts taking over the work.
Frank Maier, founder of DGP
Clean once, used many times

What a lasting data foundation is worth.

Universally usable

Your data is available not only to Business Central, but also to other applications and AI services.

Survives a change of system

When applications change, the base remains. You do not rebuild with every change.

Analyses you can trust

A clean base is the precondition for trusting the numbers in Business Central at all.

Foundation for automation

Automation and AI multiply clean data, but dirty data just as much. First the base, then the automation.

Data first, then the system

A sequence that holds.

Reverse the sequence and you are building on sand. That is why the foundation comes first.

1

Clarify the data model

We define which master data exists, by which rule it is created and how business units understand the same record in the same way.

2

Rules & owners

We set creation rules, mandatory checks and a data owner per master-data domain, so the base stays maintained.

3

Clean before migration

Duplicates, orphaned records and historical special cases are cleaned up before migration, not afterwards.

4

Separate & automate

We separate data foundation and application rigorously. Only on this basis do we use automation and AI sensibly.

Connected cleanly, without cutting into the core.

Business Central stays in the standard, your data flows via defined paths. The data foundation can be connected with Dataverse and the Microsoft ecosystem without changing the core. This keeps it clean and upgradeable, instead of sprawling into custom development.

Technical basis
  • Four paths to Dataverse: sync, virtual tables, API, dual-write
  • REST API and OData v4 for integrations
  • Extensions do not change the core
  • One base, usable for other applications and AI
Data foundation and AI

Data foundation first, then AI.

AI works on your data foundation. It cannot substitute for it. That is why a clean, lasting data foundation is the precondition for Copilot, agents and automation to deliver reliable results.

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Frequently asked questions

What is asked about the data foundation.

Can't we clean the data later?

Technically yes, in practice rarely. After go-live, time and occasion are missing, and bad data cements itself in daily business. That is why we clean up before migration.

What does separating the data foundation from the application mean concretely?

Your master data and its rules belong to you and are cleanly structured, regardless of which interface or feature currently accesses it. Business Central uses the base, but does not own it exclusively.

Does a new ERP improve our data quality?

No, it makes it visible. Business Central mirrors exactly what you feed in. Without clean master data, you migrate old problems into a new system.

How solid is your data foundation?

Before a migration we look together at how clean your master data really is. Senior-led, honest.

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