Hi,
I am new to php and sugar and was wondering if there is any training offered in Germany.
Sure there is Sugar University but I need to develop the interface to our ERP System. Unfortunately I found no place that offers training for Sugar developers specifically to create the php load files. I have experience with Java, C# and vba.
thanks,
Matt
Hi Francesca Shiekh,
thank you for your extensive reply and thank you for welcoming me!
I already worked through the self paced guides and looked at the developer guide. I will work that through within the next days.
I created this post (ERP integration ABAS to Sugar) and got some reply but I am not sure if I understand it fully.
I also talked to my boss and we will most likely move to a on site hosted instance in May.
thanks,
Matt
Hi Matthias,
I can't help you with PHP/Sugar training in Germany but since you are not new to programming you may be able to get by with some online resources.
SugarU is very useful and going through some of the self-paced trainings provided can help you a lot.
Sugar University - SugarCRM
There is also a SugarCRM channel on YouTube with some great videos but probably more useful once you have some basics figured out:
SugarCRM - YouTube
The Developer Guide includes some nice examples for many of the things we need as developers and the introduction will give you a sense of what you will need:
http://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_7.11/
There is a section on Integration, though not extensive:
http://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_7.11/Integration/
When integrating with another system the most popular method (for good reason) is to use the SugarAPIs, these allow you to do CRUD operations fairly easily. Note that, to the best of my knowledge, REST API v11 will be available to on-site customers with version 8 this coming spring so for now use REST v10 if you have an on-site deployment - with the possible exception of the Email APIs which are only in v11, I don't think there are too many differences.
http://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_7.11/Integration/Web_Services/v10_-_v11/…
There are some caveats with conflict resolution when syncing large numbers of changes live, e.g.:
https://community.sugarcrm.com/message/98433-re-contact-record-not-getting-updated?commentID=98433#comment-98433
This community has some posts on Integrations, you'll need to search through to see which have useful answers.
Enrico has a nice post here about Bulk APIs that may be useful for your initial data load from ERP:
Bulk Upsert REST API for data loads and integrations
And there are documents like this one from recent SugarCon(ference):
Sugar Integration Patterns
Do some searching and see what people have asked and what answers they have found. Note that version 6.x and version 7.x are very different so stick to v7.x posts in your research.
Most importantly, remember that we all started where you are, asked lots of questions, got some great advice from this group, and learned as we went along
To get you on the right track I suggest you compose a post asking where to start with ERP integration. Give some details on what version of Sugar you are working with, is it onSite or onDemand, what kind of integration are you looking for, what ERP system you are using, what information are you looking to sync etc. You'll get some ideas, warnings, and helpful hints. I'll be looking out for your post.
I hope you find some of these resources useful.
Welcome to the SugarCommunity!
FrancescaS