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Unify Your ERP Landscape: Dynamics AX & SAP ECC Integration

Break down data silos, automate complex workflows, and achieve real-time operational excellence by seamlessly connecting Dynamics AX and SAP ECC with our AI-powered iPaaS.

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The Challenge

The Challenge of Operating Dual ERP Systems: Dynamics AX & SAP ECC

Managing critical business operations across two distinct, powerful ERP systems like Dynamics AX and SAP ECC introduces significant complexities. This often leads to fragmented data, operational inefficiencies, and delayed decision-making, hindering agility and growth.

  • Data Silos & Inconsistency: Critical information like customer, vendor, and product data resides in disparate systems, leading to conflicting records and a lack of a single source of truth.
  • Manual Reconciliation & Errors: Financial reconciliation, inventory adjustments, and order processing require extensive manual effort, prone to human error and delays.
  • Slow Business Processes: Core workflows like order-to-cash or procure-to-pay are hampered by the need to manually transfer data between systems, slowing down operations.
  • Delayed Reporting & Compliance Risks: Consolidating financial data for reporting is cumbersome, impacting timely insights and increasing compliance risks due to incomplete or inaccurate data.
  • High IT Maintenance Costs: Developing and maintaining custom point-to-point integrations between two complex ERPs is expensive, time-consuming, and brittle.
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The Solution

Seamlessly Connect Dynamics AX and SAP ECC with Our iPaaS

Our intelligent Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) provides a robust, scalable, and secure solution to bridge Dynamics AX and SAP ECC. By abstracting complexity and leveraging AI-driven automation, we enable organizations to achieve true ERP unification, empowering real-time data flow and streamlined business processes.

  • Pre-built Connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF, custom services) and SAP ECC (BAPIs, RFCs, IDocs, OData)
  • Visual Low-Code/No-Code Workflow Designer
  • AI-Powered Data Mapping & Transformation
  • Real-time & Batch Data Synchronization Capabilities
  • Centralized Monitoring, Governance, and Error Handling
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Dynamics AX + SAP ECC in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Dynamics AX and SAP ECC, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Dynamics AX + SAP ECC deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Pre-built Connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF, custom services) and SAP ECC (BAPIs, RFCs, IDocs, OData)
  • Visual Low-Code/No-Code Workflow Designer
  • AI-Powered Data Mapping & Transformation
  • Real-time & Batch Data Synchronization Capabilities
  • Centralized Monitoring, Governance, and Error Handling
  • Secure, Scalable, and Compliant Integration Architecture

Technical Integration Details: Connecting Dynamics AX and SAP ECC

Our iPaaS provides a robust and flexible framework to connect the complex architectures of Dynamics AX and SAP ECC. We leverage the most efficient and secure integration methods for each system, ensuring high performance, data integrity, and compliance.

Data Flow Steps

Establish Connectivity: Securely connect to Dynamics AX via its Application Integration Framework (AIF) services or custom web services. Connect to SAP ECC using BAPIs, RFCs, IDocs, or OData services exposed via NetWeaver Gateway.

Define Triggers & Events: Configure iPaaS workflows to listen for specific events (e.g., new Sales Order in AX, Material Master change in SAP) or execute on a scheduled basis.

Data Extraction & Transformation: Extract relevant data from the source system, then apply complex transformations, data cleansing, and enrichment rules within the iPaaS to match the target system's schema.

Data Mapping: Visually map fields between Dynamics AX entities (e.g., Sales Order, Customer) and SAP ECC entities (e.g., VBAK/VBAP, KNA1), leveraging AI for intelligent suggestions.

Data Loading: Load the transformed data into the target ERP using the most appropriate API/interface (e.g., BAPISALESORDERCREATEFROMDAT2 for SAP, SalesOrderService/create for AX).

Error Handling & Monitoring: Implement robust error handling, retry mechanisms, and centralized monitoring to ensure data delivery and quick resolution of any integration failures.

Data Touchpoints

Master Data: Customer, Vendor, Product/Material, Employee, General Ledger Account.
Sales & Distribution: Sales Order, Invoice.
Procurement: Purchase Order, Vendor Invoice, Goods Receipt.
Finance: General Ledger Journal, Payment Document.
Inventory: Inventory Journal, Goods Movement.

"Dynamics AX (Source) --> iPaaS (Connect, Transform, Map) --> SAP ECC (Target) for master data and transactional updates. Bi-directional flows for reconciliation and status updates."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics AX + SAP ECC.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Dynamics AX

Integrating Dynamics AX fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping for Dynamics AX and SAP ECC

Harmonizing data structures between Dynamics AX and SAP ECC is paramount. Our iPaaS provides intelligent tools to map and transform key entities, ensuring data consistency and integrity across your dual ERP environment.

Customer Master

Synchronizing customer data (e.g., contact details, payment terms, credit limits) between Dynamics AX's Customer entity and SAP ECC's Customer Master (KNA1, KNVV, KNB1).

Dynamics AX Fields

CustAccount Name PartyId Currency PaymentTerms CreditLimit CustGroup Addresses (multiple types)

SAP ECC Fields

KUNNR (Customer No.) NAME1 (Name) ORT01 (City) LAND1 (Country) STRAS (Street) STCD1 (Tax No.) Payment Terms (ZTERM) Credit Control Area (KKBER) Customer Group (KDGRP)

Mapping Notes

Requires careful mapping of address types (e.g., 'Invoice', 'Delivery') and ensuring consistent `PartyId` if other MS Dynamics products are involved. SAP's layered customer master (general, sales area, company code) necessitates multi-level mapping. AI assists in suggesting field matches like `CustAccount` to `KUNNR` and `PaymentTerms` to `ZTERM`.

Next Steps

See Dynamics AX + SAP ECC integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

Inter-company Sales & Purchase Order Management

Automate the creation of sales orders in Dynamics AX (e.g., for a subsidiary) and corresponding purchase orders in SAP ECC (for the parent company), or vice-versa, for seamless inter-company transactions.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Sales Order created in Dynamics AX for inter-company customer.
  2. 1 iPaaS captures AX Sales Order, transforms to an internal Purchase Order structure.
  3. 2 Purchase Order created in SAP ECC (BAPIPOCREATE1) for the inter-company vendor.
  4. 3 Goods Receipt in SAP ECC triggers Goods Issue in Dynamics AX (Inventory Journal).
  5. 4 SAP ECC Vendor Invoice triggers AX Customer Invoice or GL posting.

Business Outcome

Streamlined inter-company trade, reduced manual order entry, accurate inventory and financial reconciliation.

Frequency

Real-time/Near Real-time

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Achieve Master Data Consistency
Establish a single, harmonized source of truth for critical Customer, Vendor, and Product/Material data across Dynamics AX and SAP ECC, eliminating discrepancies.
Streamline Core Business Processes
Automate end-to-end workflows like Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay between AX and SAP ECC, reducing manual steps and accelerating cycle times.
Accelerate Financial Close & Reporting
Automate GL journal entry posting and consolidate financial data from Dynamics AX into SAP ECC for faster, more accurate financial reporting and compliance.
Enhance Operational Visibility
Gain real-time insights into inventory levels, order statuses, and financial transactions across both ERP systems for better decision-making.
Reduce Manual Effort & Errors
Minimize human intervention in data transfer and reconciliation, leading to fewer errors, improved data quality, and reduced operational costs.
Boost IT Agility & Scalability
Leverage a low-code iPaaS to quickly adapt integrations to changing business needs and scale effortlessly to handle growing data volumes between ERPs.
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Achieve Master Data Consistency

99% Data Accuracy

📋 What You Get

Establish a single, harmonized source of truth for critical Customer, Vendor, and Product/Material data across Dynamics AX and SAP ECC, eliminating discrepancies.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 99% improvement in Data Accuracy, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /AIF/SalesOrderService/create Creating new sales orders in Dynamics AX from external systems (e.g., SAP ECC for inter-company sales).
POST /AIF/CustomerService/create / update Creating or updating customer master data in Dynamics AX.
POST /AIF/InventItemService/update Updating product/item master data or inventory details in Dynamics AX.
POST /AIF/GeneralLedgerJournalService/create Creating and posting general ledger journals in Dynamics AX.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Data Type Conversion: Convert strings to integers, dates to standard formats.
  • Value Mapping: Map discrete values (e.g., AX 'CustomerGroup' to SAP 'KDGRP').
  • Field Concatenation/Splitting: Combine address lines or split full names.
  • Conditional Logic: Apply transformations based on specific criteria (e.g., if AX SalesStatus is 'Confirmed', set SAP DeliveryBlock to 'None').
  • Currency Conversion: Automated real-time currency conversion based on exchange rates.
  • Unit of Measure Conversion: Convert between different units (e.g., 'EA' to 'PC').

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Data Validation Failure: Invalid `CustAccount` or `MATNR` in target ERP.
  • Business Logic Conflict: Attempting to post to a closed fiscal period in SAP ECC.
  • System Unavailability: Dynamics AX AOS or SAP ECC Dialog Work Processes are down.
  • Authentication Failure: Invalid credentials for ERP service account.
  • Concurrency Lock: Attempting to update a record simultaneously locked by another process in either ERP.
  • Referential Integrity Breach: Creating a Sales Order in SAP ECC for a customer that does not yet exist.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

Challenges FAQs

▸ What are the common challenges when integrating Dynamics AX and SAP ECC?
The primary challenges include reconciling complex data models, managing different API/interface types (AX AIF vs. SAP BAPIs/IDocs), ensuring real-time data consistency, handling high data volumes, and maintaining security and compliance across both robust ERP systems. Our iPaaS is specifically designed to abstract and overcome these complexities.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

▸ How does an iPaaS improve Dynamics AX and SAP ECC integration compared to traditional methods?
An iPaaS offers visual, low-code/no-code development, pre-built connectors optimized for both AX and SAP, robust data mapping and transformation, centralized monitoring, and support for API-first and event-driven patterns. This drastically reduces development time, maintenance costs, and significantly improves the scalability and reliability of your dual ERP integrations.

Capabilities FAQs

▸ Is real-time integration possible between Dynamics AX and SAP ECC?
Yes, absolutely. While both ERPs have historical strengths in batch processing, our modern iPaaS can leverage AX AIF services, custom web services, or database triggers, and SAP's BAPI events or change pointers to capture and push data in near real-time. By adopting an event-driven architecture, critical data flows can occur instantly.

AI Features FAQs

▸ What role does AI play in Dynamics AX and SAP ECC integrations?
AI significantly augments these integrations by providing intelligent automation. This includes AI-driven data mapping suggestions, anomaly detection in transactional data, smart routing of exceptions, automated validation, and predictive insights. This reduces manual effort, improves data quality, and makes integration workflows more resilient and proactive.

Data Management FAQs

▸ How do you ensure data consistency for master data like Customer and Product between AX and SAP ECC?
Our iPaaS employs robust data mapping, transformation, and validation capabilities. We establish a canonical data model, define clear business rules for data synchronization (including system of record), and implement conflict resolution strategies. AI assists in deduplication and identifying discrepancies proactively, ensuring a single source of truth.

Security FAQs

▸ What security considerations are crucial for integrating Dynamics AX and SAP ECC?
Key security considerations include robust authentication and authorization for all integration endpoints (e.g., dedicated service accounts with least privilege, OAuth 2.0), end-to-end data encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+), secure storage of credentials, IP whitelisting, and strict adherence to data privacy regulations (GDPR, SOX). Comprehensive auditing is also essential.

Customization FAQs

▸ Can I integrate custom fields or custom logic from my Dynamics AX or SAP ECC system?
Yes. Our iPaaS is designed for extensibility. It allows you to map and transform custom fields from both ERPs and incorporate custom business logic through its low-code/no-code workflow builder. This ensures that your unique business processes and data requirements are fully supported without altering core ERP code.

Performance FAQs

▸ How do you handle high volumes of data transfer between Dynamics AX and SAP ECC?
For high-volume scenarios, our iPaaS utilizes strategies like batch processing (grouping multiple records into single API calls), asynchronous messaging queues to manage bursts, efficient data compression, and parallel processing. We leverage SAP ECC's optimized mass processing BAPIs/IDocs and Dynamics AX's AIF capabilities to ensure performance and prevent system overload.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics AX + SAP ECC.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$599 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Dynamics AX + SAP ECC integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Start Free Trial Request Live Demo