Configuring the Routing Service

The Routing Service is a job that runs periodically and extracts catalog data from Dynamics AX ® into Sitecore.

The SDK provides samples of how to run a route directly from a console application, or by using a Sitecore web job to control the timing of the Routing Service. The Routing Service does not require direct access to Sitecore, and can also be customized to run from a different service.

Route Requests are the basic unit of operation for the synchronization process. They define the channel to be processed, the approval and the timing information for the processor. The default Dynamics AX update package contains a set of predefined request. To perform a synchronization using the Route Request, the following information should be set on the request item: