How It Works - Dun & Bradstreet Business Contacts¶
Using D&B Business Contacts as data source requires the customer to have an agreement with Dun & Bradstreet.
Country support¶
Searches in the D&B Business Contacts API can either be performed in all countries or in one specific country. There is no limitation per customer which countries you have access to. The following countries are supported:
| Name | Code | D&B Global ID Prefix |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | -- | 0 |
| Sweden | SE | 1 |
| Greece | GR | 100 |
| Spain | ES | 104 |
| Belgium | BE | 107 |
| Netherlands | NL | 108 |
| Italy | IT | 109 |
| France | FR | 110 |
| Norway | NO | 111 |
| Finland | FI | 114 |
| Denmark | DK | 115 |
| Great Britain | GB | 122 |
| Germany | DE | 123 |
| Switzerland | CH | 124 |
| Austria | AT | 125 |
| Poland | PL | 126 |
| Lithuania | LT | 127 |
| Estonia | EE | 128 |
| Latvia | LV | 129 |
| Russia | RU | 130 |
| Czech Republic | CZ | 131 |
| Slovakia | SK | 132 |
ACD and OBO in the Same Lime CRM Solution¶
When using Dun & Bradstreet as a data provider, it is possible to use both the One-by-One (OBO) API, by activating the Lime CRM desktop client add-in "One-by-One", and the Business Contacts API in the Lime CRM web client, to buy companies. Despite that they are using two different Dun & Bradstreet API:s. The Business Contacts API, that is used in ACD, offers more properties than the old One-by-One API. But the One-by-One API offers the possibility to also buy contact persons.
Warning
This requires an agreement with Dun & Bradstreet that gives you access to both APIs (OBO and BC).
Warning
Companies bought via ACD will not be added to the subscription list for OBO, meaning changes in company information will not be included in the subscription file connected to OBO. If Dun & Bradstreet text files with changes are not imported into Lime CRM, then this warning may be ignored.
Handling IDs¶
The local ID used is in the same format in both APIs, but the global ID (on the format