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 "categories": [
  "erp",
  "enterprise"
 ],
 "deployment": "on-prem",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds (soap, odata)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/web-services",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage (SOAP cannot access queries; OData cannot access codeunits)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicsnav-2018-developer/Web-Service-Alternatives--SOAP-and-OData",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds (rest \u2014 NAV 2018 API v1.0, docs now carry Business Central branding)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/api-reference/v1.0/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists (Administration Shell and Development Shell PowerShell modules)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/microsoft-dynamics-nav-windows-powershell-cmdlets",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "status (NAV 2018 mainstream support ended 2023-01-10; extended support to 2028-01-11)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/dynamics-nav-2018",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access (XMLports import/export in xml, csv, txt)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/xmlports",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting (COM automation from the Windows client)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/best-practices-for-using-automation-with-the-microsoft-dynamics-nav-windows-client",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party (CData commercial MCP server over its NAV driver; no NAV-specific community servers found on GitHub \u2014 only Business Central ones)",
   "source": "https://www.cdata.com/drivers/dynamicsnav/mcp/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.zapier (no NAV app in Zapier catalog)",
   "source": "https://community.zapier.com/how-do-i-3/older-version-of-microsoft-dynamics-nav-9-0-not-available-for-integration-23599",
   "tier": "community"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate (no NAV connector in the certified connector list; nearest is the separate Business Central on-premises connector)",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/dynamicssmbonprem/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-15",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.drivability",
   "source": "https://forum.uipath.com/t/when-automating-microsoft-dynamics-nav-it-stops-working-while-running-the-robot/514902",
   "tier": "community"
  }
 ],
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  "last_verified": "2026-08-15",
  "volatility": "low",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "lifecycle",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/dynamics-nav-2018"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/",
 "id": "dynamics-nav",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": false
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "windows",
    "basic"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/web-services",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "soap",
    "odata",
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "xlsx",
    "csv",
    "xml",
    "txt"
   ],
   "import": [
    "xml",
    "csv",
    "xlsx"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "cal",
    "com-automation"
   ],
   "webhooks": false
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": false,
   "zapier": false
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": false,
   "third_party": [
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [],
     "repo": "https://www.cdata.com/drivers/dynamicsnav/mcp/"
    }
   ],
   "verdict": "community-only"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "workable",
   "notes": "Windows RTC client is drivable with generic UI automation but has no scripting API and community reports flakiness; the SOAP/OData services are the saner path.",
   "ui_stack": [
    "win32",
    "winforms"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "cal",
    "dotnet"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Microsoft Dynamics NAV",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "dynamics-365-business-central"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 0,
 "score_version": 0,
 "status": "legacy",
 "vendor": "Microsoft",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "computer_use": null,
   "mcp": 2,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": 5
  },
  "summary": "Automatable today primarily through its published SOAP and OData web services (pages, codeunits, queries) plus PowerShell cmdlets for admin, all requiring network reach into the on-prem deployment. No first-party MCP or modern connector exists \u2014 Microsoft's agent investment went to Business Central \u2014 and UI-level automation of the Windows client is unassisted generic RPA.\n"
 }
}