Automated Synchronization: General Information

After you have performed the initial synchronization between MYOB Acumatica and the BigCommerce store for the needed entities, you might want to set up some of the entities to be synchronized in real time or at regular intervals. For example, you can configure sales orders, payments, and shipments to be imported from the BigCommerce store into MYOB Acumatica as soon as each order is completed, whereas you can configure the export of customers from MYOB Acumatica to the BigCommerce store to be performed only once a month.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, you will learn how to do the following:

  • Set up automation schedules for data preparation and processing
  • Turn on real-time synchronization of entities
  • Configure automated synchronization for optimized performance

Applicable Scenarios

You automate the synchronization of entities after you have configured and manually tested the synchronization between MYOB Acumatica and the BigCommerce store to ensure that in your production environment, all needed data is exported and imported to the appropriate system in a timely manner.

Scheduled and Real-Time Synchronization

You can automate the synchronization of data of a particular entity between MYOB Acumatica and the BigCommerce store in the following ways:

  • You configure automation schedules for data preparation or for data processing on the Automation Schedules (SM205020) form. Data preparation or processing is started for the entity when the automation schedule is executed. For information about scheduled synchronization, see Automated Synchronization: Scheduled Synchronization.
  • You turn on real-time synchronization for a particular entity on the Entities (BC202000) form. When real-time synchronization is on, MYOB Acumatica attempts to prepare or prepare and process data as soon as a change is made to the entity in MYOB Acumatica or in the e-commerce system. For information about real-time synchronization, see Automated Synchronization: Real-Time Synchronization.

Scheduled synchronization and real-time synchronization do not interfere with each other or with manual synchronization and can be used together. For recommendations on synchronization frequency, see Automated Synchronization: Recommended Setup.