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SAP Business ByDesign + BNG Integration

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

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The Challenge

Connecting with Clarity Connect™

Clarity Connect™ links SAP Business ByDesign and BNG 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 SAP Business ByDesign and BNG.

  • SAP Business ByDesign: Support for custom fields (extensibility fields) on standard business objects (e.g., Sales Order, Business Partner) can be mapped via SOAP extensions or OData custom entities.
  • BNG: Support for custom fields on Customer, Product, Sales Order, Invoice entities, allowing for flexible mapping and synchronization.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with SAP Business ByDesign + BNG 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 SAP Business ByDesign and BNG, 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 SAP Business ByDesign + BNG deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • SAP Business ByDesign: Support for custom fields (extensibility fields) on standard business objects (e.g., Sales Order, Business Partner) can be mapped via SOAP extensions or OData custom entities.
  • BNG: Support for custom fields on Customer, Product, Sales Order, Invoice entities, allowing for flexible mapping and synchronization.

Robust Integration Architecture: SAP Business ByDesign & BNG

Our integration architecture is built on a modern iPaaS, providing a scalable, secure, and resilient bridge between SAP Business ByDesign and BNG. It embraces event-driven principles, API-first design, and low-code orchestration.

Data Flow Steps

Event-Driven Architecture: Primarily for real-time updates from BNG (e.g., new Sales Orders, Inventory changes) using webhooks.

Request-Reply Pattern: For synchronous API calls where immediate response is needed (e.g., checking ByDesign customer credit limit during BNG order processing).

Publish-Subscribe Pattern: For broadcasting master data changes (e.g., new ByDesign Product to multiple consuming systems including BNG).

Batch Processing: For high-volume, non-real-time data transfers (e.g., nightly GL entry consolidation into ByDesign).

Change Data Capture (CDC): For detecting changes in ByDesign where native webhooks are limited, often via intelligent polling of OData services.

Data Touchpoints

iPaaS Runtime Engine: Executes integration workflows.
BNG Connector: Handles REST API calls, OAuth 2.0/API key authentication, and webhook consumption.
SAP Business ByDesign Connector: Manages SOAP web service calls, Basic Authentication, and OData queries.
Data Transformation Engine: Visual low-code tool for schema mapping, data enrichment, and validation.
Message Queues: For asynchronous processing, buffering, and ensuring message durability (e.g., for ByDesign batch processing).
API Gateway: For centralized security, rate limiting, and routing of BNG APIs.
Monitoring & Alerting Module: Real-time dashboards, logs, and notification services.
AI/ML Services: For data validation, anomaly detection, and intelligent mapping suggestions.

"Conceptual Diagram: BNG (Source) -> iPaaS (Orchestration Layer) <-> SAP Business ByDesign (Target). iPaaS contains Connectors for BNG (REST/Webhooks) and ByDesign (SOAP/OData), Data Transformation Engine, Workflow Engine, Monitoring & Alerting, and AI Services. Data flows bidirectionally, often initiated by events from BNG or scheduled polling from ByDesign."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for SAP Business ByDesign + BNG.

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.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating SAP Business ByDesign

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

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Data Mapping

Data Entity Mapping

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

Business Partner (Customer/Supplier)

SAP Business ByDesign Fields

UUID InternalID RoleCode CategoryCode Name StreetName City CountryCode Email PhoneNumber

BNG Fields

CustomerID ExternalID CompanyName FirstName LastName Email BillingAddress ShippingAddress Phone Status CreditLimit TaxExemptStatus VendorID VendorName ContactPerson BankDetails

Mapping Notes

BNG's 'Customer' and 'Vendor' entities map directly to SAP Business ByDesign's 'Business Partner' with appropriate 'RoleCode' (e.g., CRM0001 for Customer, BBP001 for Supplier). 'ExternalID' in BNG holds the ByDesign InternalID for cross-referencing. Address fields require careful normalization.

Next Steps

See SAP Business ByDesign + BNG 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.

Integration Steps:

Business Outcome

Frequency

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managesalesorderin Creates/updates Sales Orders in ByDesign. Used for eCommerce order sync from BNG.
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managebusinesspartnerin Manages Customer/Supplier data (Business Partners) in ByDesign. Used for syncing BNG Customer/Vendor master data.
GET /sap/byd/odata/v1/erp/materials Queries Product/Material master data, including inventory. Used to pull product info or stock levels into BNG.
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managesupplierinvoicein Creates Supplier Invoices in ByDesign. Used for procure-to-pay automation from BNG.
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managejournalentryvoucherin Posts financial journal entries. Used for consolidating BNG-originated GL entries into ByDesign.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Data Type Conversion: Convert data types (e.g., string to decimal, date formats) between BNG's RESTful JSON and ByDesign's SOAP XML schemas.
  • Value Mapping: Translate status codes (e.g., BNG 'Processing' to ByDesign 'Open'), unit of measures, and payment methods.
  • Field Concatenation/Splitting: Combine BNG first/last name into ByDesign 'Name' field, or split ByDesign addresses into BNG components.
  • Conditional Logic: Apply business rules, e.g., only sync customers with 'Active' status, or apply specific tax rates based on region.
  • Lookup & Enrichment: Enrich BNG order data with ByDesign customer credit limits or product pricing during sales order creation.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API Downtime: iPaaS retries with exponential back-off; alerts triggered if prolonged.
  • Invalid Data Format: Message routed to DLQ; AI suggests schema correction.
  • Business Logic Error: (e.g., non-existent Product ID in ByDesign) Message in DLQ; notification to business user for data correction in BNG.
  • Rate Limit Exceeded: iPaaS queues requests and throttles calls; alerts sent.
  • Data Duplication: Idempotency checks prevent creation; logs show attempt and reason for skip.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Technical FAQs

▸ What are the primary integration patterns for SAP Business ByDesign and BNG?
The integration primarily utilizes event-driven patterns for real-time data synchronization (e.g., new orders from BNG to ByDesign via webhooks) and scheduled batch processing for high-volume data transfers (e.g., nightly GL entries). Request-reply patterns are used for synchronous lookups. ByDesign supports SOAP and OData, while BNG typically offers RESTful APIs with webhooks.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

▸ How does an iPaaS improve SAP Business ByDesign and BNG integrations compared to point-to-point connections?
An iPaaS centralizes all integration logic, offering pre-built connectors, robust data mapping and transformation tools, centralized monitoring, and advanced error handling. This eliminates the complexity and fragility of point-to-point connections, reduces development time, enhances scalability, and provides a single pane of glass for managing all ByDesign and BNG connections, significantly reducing technical debt and improving resilience.

Low-Code FAQs

▸ Can low-code/no-code tools be used effectively with SAP Business ByDesign and BNG?
Absolutely. Modern iPaaS platforms offer low-code/no-code interfaces that abstract the complexities of both ByDesign's SOAP/OData and BNG's REST APIs. This empowers business users and citizen integrators to design, configure, and manage integration workflows for both systems, accelerating automation initiatives and reducing reliance on specialized developers.

Security FAQs

▸ What are the key security considerations when integrating SAP Business ByDesign and BNG?
Key security considerations include using dedicated service users with minimal permissions (Principle of Least Privilege), enforcing strong authentication (e.g., OAuth 2.0 for BNG, Basic Auth for ByDesign over HTTPS), encrypting all data in transit (TLS 1.2+), and implementing IP whitelisting. Data validation, robust error handling, and comprehensive audit trails are also crucial to maintain data integrity and prevent unauthorized data manipulation.

AI FAQs

▸ How can AI enhance SAP Business ByDesign and BNG integration workflows?
AI can augment these integrations by providing intelligent data mapping suggestions, automated exception handling (e.g., for invoice discrepancies or invalid order data), anomaly detection for unusual transactions, predictive insights for inventory or demand, and smart routing of approvals. This leads to higher data quality, reduced manual effort, and more proactive operations.

Data Management FAQs

▸ How do I ensure data consistency across ByDesign and BNG?
Data consistency is achieved through a centralized iPaaS that performs data harmonization, validation, and transformation. Establishing clear master data ownership (which system is the 'source of truth'), implementing robust data quality rules, and designing idempotent integration flows are key. AI-driven data quality checks can also proactively identify and resolve discrepancies.

Deployment FAQs

▸ What is the typical process for promoting ByDesign and BNG integrations from development to production?
A robust promotion pipeline (Dev → QA → Prod) is crucial. This involves developing and testing integrations in isolated environments (e.g., ByDesign test tenant, BNG staging, iPaaS dev instance), using version control for integration flows, and deploying changes through automated or semi-automated CI/CD processes. The iPaaS should support environment variables and configuration management to streamline this process and ensure reliability.

Performance FAQs

▸ How does the integration handle high data volumes and rate limits for both systems?
For high data volumes, the iPaaS leverages batch processing capabilities for both ByDesign (e.g., bulk sales order creation, journal entries) and BNG (e.g., bulk product updates). It implements intelligent queuing, parallelization, and circuit breaker patterns to manage API rate limits, ensuring stable performance and preventing system overload. Asynchronous processing is prioritized for non-real-time data to optimize resource utilization.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for SAP Business ByDesign + BNG.

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 SAP Business ByDesign + BNG 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