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Prestashop + Sage 100 Integration

Clarity Connect™ integrates Prestashop with Sage 100, automating business processes and data sharing. This robust integration connects your critical business systems to automate order processing, inventory management, and customer data synchronization.

The Challenge

Connecting with Clarity Connect™

Clarity Connect™ links Prestashop and Sage 100 through automation and data sharing. Integrating these platforms benefits businesses by streamlining processes and connecting front-end and back-end systems.

Considerations when connecting these applications include security, performance, and physical access. We support both SaaS (Cloud) and On-Premises connection types.

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The Solution

Seamless Integration

Our middleware platform ensures robust and reliable data transfer between Prestashop and Sage 100.

  • Map Prestashop custom fields (e.g., order notes, customer segments) to Sage 100 User-Defined Fields (UDFs) on `ARCustomer`, `SOSalesOrderHeader`, or `SO_SalesOrderDetail`.
  • Synchronize Sage 100 UDFs related to products (e.g., specific attributes) back to Prestashop product features.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Prestashop + Sage 100 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 Prestashop and Sage 100, 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 Prestashop + Sage 100 deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Map Prestashop custom fields (e.g., order notes, customer segments) to Sage 100 User-Defined Fields (UDFs) on `ARCustomer`, `SOSalesOrderHeader`, or `SO_SalesOrderDetail`.
  • Synchronize Sage 100 UDFs related to products (e.g., specific attributes) back to Prestashop product features.

Integration Architecture & Design

The recommended architecture positions a robust iPaaS as the central nervous system, intelligently orchestrating data flow between Prestashop (eCommerce frontend) and Sage 100 (ERP backend). This design ensures scalability, security, and maintainability.

Data Flow Steps

Event-Driven Architecture: Utilize Prestashop webhooks for new orders, customer registrations, and inventory changes to trigger immediate Sage 100 updates.

Canonical Data Model: Define a standardized internal data model within the iPaaS to simplify mapping between disparate system schemas.

Batch Processing for Bulk Operations: For large product catalog updates or historical data migrations, use scheduled batch jobs to optimize API calls and system load.

Idempotent Operations: Design workflows to handle duplicate messages gracefully, preventing unintended data duplication in Sage 100.

Circuit Breaker Pattern: Implement in iPaaS to prevent cascading failures if one system (e.g., Sage 100) becomes temporarily unavailable.

Data Touchpoints

Prestashop (Source/Target): eCommerce platform, provides REST API and webhooks.
iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service): Central orchestration engine, includes connectors, visual designer, mapping engine, runtime, monitoring, and AI capabilities.
iPaaS Prestashop Connector: Handles Prestashop API authentication, requests, and responses.
iPaaS Sage 100 Connector: Leverages Sage 100's BOI or ODBC to interact with its entities, abstracting underlying complexities.
Secrets Management: Securely stores API keys and credentials for both systems.
Logging & Monitoring System: Centralized collection and visualization of integration metrics and errors.
Alerting Service: Notifies stakeholders of critical events.
Data Transformation & Validation Engine: Core iPaaS component for data mapping and business rule application.

"A conceptual diagram would show Prestashop (left) connected via webhooks/API to the iPaaS (center). The iPaaS connects to Sage 100 (right) via its specialized connector, which leverages BOI/ODBC. Data flows bidirectionally, with event-driven triggers for real-time updates and scheduled batches for less critical syncs. Monitoring and AI layers surround the iPaaS."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Prestashop + Sage 100.

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.
View full pricing & options
Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Prestashop

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

Hover over the steps on the right to see detailed integration points.
Data Mapping

Data Entity Mapping

Explore how data flows between systems with intelligent field mapping and transformation logic.

Order (Prestashop) to Sales Order (Sage 100)

The core of eCommerce-ERP integration, transforming a customer's purchase into a financial and fulfillment record.

Prestashop Fields

[field, id],[description, Prestashop Order ID] [field, id_customer],[description, Prestashop Customer ID] [field, total_paid],[description, Total order amount] [field, current_state],[description, Order status] [field, reference],[description, Order reference] [field, date_add],[description, Order creation date] [field, order_rows (products, quantities, prices)],[description, Line item details]

Sage 100 Fields

[field, SalesOrderNo],[description, Sage 100 Sales Order Number] [field, OrderDate],[description, Order date] [field, CustomerNo],[description, Sage 100 Customer Number] [field, OrderTotal],[description, Total order amount] [field, OrderStatus],[description, Sales order status] [field, ItemCode],[description, Sage 100 Item Code (detail line)] [field, QuantityOrdered],[description, Quantity ordered (detail line)] [field, UnitPrice],[description, Unit price (detail line)] [field, WarehouseCode],[description, Warehouse for item allocation]

Mapping Notes

Prestashop's `id` should map to a custom field in Sage 100's `SOSalesOrderHeader` for traceability. `orderrows` map to `SOSalesOrderDetail`. `currentstate` must be carefully translated to `OrderStatus` values in Sage 100. Ensure pricing and tax calculations are consistent or handled by a single source of truth (e.g., Sage 100).

Next Steps

See Prestashop + Sage 100 integration in action.

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

Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

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

eCommerce Order-to-Cash Automation

Seamlessly transfer new orders from Prestashop to Sage 100 for processing, inventory allocation, and invoicing, then update Prestashop with fulfillment status and tracking. This covers the entire lifecycle from customer purchase to financial reconciliation.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer places order in Prestashop (Order entity).
  2. 1 iPaaS detects new Prestashop order via webhook.
  3. 2 Customer data (Customer, Address) is synced/created in Sage 100 (AR_Customer).
  4. 3 Order details are mapped and created as a Sales Order in Sage 100 (SO_SalesOrderHeader/Detail).
  5. 4 Inventory is allocated in Sage 100 (IM_ItemWarehouse).
  6. 5 Sage 100 updates order status (e.g., 'Invoiced', 'Shipped').
  7. 6 iPaaS captures Sage 100 status updates and pushes them back to Prestashop (Order History).
  8. 7 Tracking information is updated in Prestashop.

Business Outcome

Accelerated order processing, reduced manual data entry and errors, real-time order status for customers, accurate financial reporting.

Frequency

Real-time/Event-driven

Implementation Timeline

Go live with Prestashop + Sage 100 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 Prestashop and Sage 100, 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 Prestashop + Sage 100 deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
GET, POST, PUT /api/orders Retrieve new orders for Sage 100, update order status and tracking from Sage 100.
GET, PUT /api/products Retrieve product details or update pricing/descriptions from Sage 100.
GET, POST, PUT /api/customers Synchronize customer records (create new, update existing) with Sage 100.
PUT /api/stock_availables Update inventory levels in real-time from Sage 100.
POST /api/order_histories Add order status updates to Prestashop from Sage 100 fulfillment.

Transformation Logic

  • Order Status Mapping: Prestashop's `current_state` (e.g., 'Payment accepted', 'Shipped') maps to Sage 100's `OrderStatus` (e.g., 'Open', 'Invoiced', 'Complete').
  • Product SKU Lookup: Prestashop `reference` (SKU) is used to look up and retrieve `ItemCode` from Sage 100's `CI_Item` table.
  • Customer Deduplication: Logic to check for existing Sage 100 `AR_Customer` by email or name before creating a new one.
  • Address Standardization: Standardize address formats from Prestashop to Sage 100 requirements.
  • Price and Quantity Conversion: Ensure consistent unit of measure and decimal precision for quantities and prices between systems.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Prestashop API rate limit exceeded.
  • Sage 100 Business Object Interface error (e.g., invalid `ItemCode`).
  • Network connectivity issues between iPaaS and either system.
  • Data validation failures (e.g., missing required customer fields).
  • Database contention in Sage 100 during high-volume writes.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Prestashop + Sage 100.

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.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

General FAQs

What is the primary benefit of integrating Prestashop with Sage 100?
The primary benefit is achieving end-to-end automation of your eCommerce operations, from order capture in Prestashop to financial processing and fulfillment in Sage 100. This eliminates manual data entry, reduces errors, ensures real-time inventory accuracy, and provides a unified view of your business data.

Technical FAQs

How does the integration handle Prestashop's product variants (combinations)?
Product variants in Prestashop (managed by `idproductattribute`) require careful mapping. The iPaaS is configured to map these attributes to corresponding distinct `ItemCode`s or specific UDFs in Sage 100's `CIItem` and `IMItemWarehouse` entities, ensuring accurate inventory and pricing for each variant.

Workflow FAQs

Does this integration support real-time inventory synchronization?
Yes, absolutely. By leveraging event-driven architecture, when stock levels change in Sage 100's `IM_ItemWarehouse` (due to sales, purchases, or adjustments), the iPaaS immediately triggers an update to the corresponding `Stock Available` entity in Prestashop, preventing overselling and ensuring online inventory accuracy.
How are refunds initiated in Prestashop handled in Sage 100?
When a refund is initiated in Prestashop, the iPaaS detects this event. It then processes the refund through the payment gateway (if applicable) and records the corresponding credit memo or return transaction in Sage 100 (e.g., adjusting `ARCashReceipts` or creating a `SOReturn` document) to ensure financial reconciliation and accurate accounting.

Challenges FAQs

What are the common challenges when integrating Prestashop with Sage 100, and how are they addressed?
Common challenges include Sage 100's lack of a native REST API, schema differences, data validation, and error handling. Our iPaaS addresses these by providing specialized Sage 100 connectors that wrap BOI/ODBC, a visual mapping engine for schema harmonization, AI-powered data validation, and robust error handling with retries and alerts.

iPaaS Features FAQs

Can I use low-code/no-code tools to customize my Prestashop-Sage 100 integration?
Yes, our modern iPaaS platform offers a low-code/no-code environment. This empowers business users and citizen integrators to design, customize, and manage complex integration workflows using visual drag-and-drop interfaces, pre-built connectors, and transformation functions, significantly reducing the need for specialized coding skills.

AI Features FAQs

How does AI enhance the Prestashop-Sage 100 integration?
AI significantly enhances the integration by providing capabilities like automated data mapping suggestions, intelligent data validation and anomaly detection (e.g., fraudulent orders), predictive analytics for inventory, and autonomous exception handling, leading to smarter, more efficient, and proactive operations.

Security FAQs

What security measures are in place for this integration?
Security is paramount. Measures include secure API key management (using secrets management), encrypted data transfer (HTTPS/TLS 1.2+), role-based access control (RBAC), IP whitelisting, and adherence to data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) for sensitive customer data. Comprehensive audit trails are also maintained.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Prestashop + Sage 100 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 Prestashop and Sage 100, 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 Prestashop + Sage 100 deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Prestashop + Sage 100.

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.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Prestashop + Sage 100 integration in action.

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