Best practices in NAV2016/2017 for reading data from an external SQL database

Hi all,

We have to read (and potentially write) data from an external SQL database. The volume is not super-high (per day, new/modified record counts measured in the 100's at most, and about 6 tables). This data would be "staged" into temporary tables in NAV, then processed via a Codeunit called from a Job Queue Entry to create the "real" tables in NAV.

In pre-2016 days, I would be tempted to write ADO code, so one option is to write ADO.NET code.

I have also been reading about the new linked object "TableType" of "ExternalSQL" and the related commands to connect (e.g. REGISTERTABLECONNECTION and associated commands).

There are a few posts here on MIBUSO that talk about creating views directly in SQL, then using the "old style" linked objects. But there are a number of opinions in the NAV community that I respect that suggest NOT using views or custom stored procedures in a NAV database.

Are there any other techniques that would be considered "Best Practices" in the NAV2016/2017 era? Links to real examples would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ron