Install and Verify the Great Plains Student Hybrid Connection

You can use this page to run the installer file provided by Anthology Student to build a hybrid connection between the Student Web App and the third-party Great Plains server. If there is more than one Great Plains application server, this process must be completed on each Great Plains application server.

Prerequisite

  • Anthology Student Web App must be on version 23.0 or higher

  • Anthology’s Cloud Services team must have completed the installation of additional components for your Azure environment to support communication between the Student Web App and Great Plains. This is done through a CSR (Client Service Request)

  • Great Plains connection strings must exist for each campus that integrates with Great Plains

  • The user account used for the installation must have administrator permissions

Procedure to Install Great Plains Student Hybrid Connection

Step 1 – Download the Installer File

Download and save the installation file from Anthology’s FTP site to your Great Plains application server.

FTP address: https://filetransfer.campusmgmt.com/
Folder: \Softwareupdates\CampusNexus_Student\AnthologyGPInstaller
File Name: AnthologyGPHybridConMgr.exe  Closed

Shows the FTP site.

Step 2 – Initiate the Installation

  1. Open the installation file. The initial hybrid connection setup screen appears on the screen.

  2. Select Next. Closed

    Shows the welcome dialog.

     

Step 3 – Enter the Student Web Application URL

  1. Enter your Student Web App URL.

  2. Select Install to start the installation process. If this installation is for your Test environment, then you must provide the Student Web App URL for your TEST environment. Closed

    Shows the dialog for specifying the URL.

    The overall installation progress bar and additional details regarding the installation will appear on the screen. Closed

    Shows the dialog for showing the installation progress.

     

Step 4 – Close the Installation Wizard

When the installation is complete, a message will appear to indicate that the installation is complete.

Select Close to exit the installation wizard. Closed

Shows the dialog for installation complete.

Step 5 – Verify Hybrid Connection on Hybrid Connection Manager

Once the installation is complete, verify whether a hybrid connection has been added through the Hybrid Connection Manager.

  1. In the Great Plains application server, search for “Hybrid”. Hybrid Connection Manager UI appears in the result.  Closed

    Shows the hybrid connection dialog.

  2. Open the Hybrid Connection Manager UI.

    The hybrid connection established with Azure Status displays as “Connected”. Closed

    Shows the dialog for connected.

Procedure to Verify the Great Plains Connection

  1. Navigate to Settings > System > Campuses > Select the campus > General Ledger tab in the Student Web App.

    Two non-editable fields, “Great Plains Server URL” and “Azure Function URL”, specific to the Student Web App and Great Plains integration are displayed. These two fields are automatically populated by Anthology’s Cloud Services installation of the necessary components for the integration (2nd prerequisite) and by the installation of the hybrid connection. Closed

    Shows the Student Accounts page.

  2. Select the Test Connection buttons to verify the Dynamics and Company connections. Once the connections are verified to be valid, the Great Plains integration is ready for use for the campus. Closed

    Shows the Great Plains page.