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Unify Your Commerce: Seamless SAP Business ByDesign & Clarity eCommerce Integration

Automate Order-to-Cash, Sync Inventory in Real-time, and Elevate Customer Experiences with a Powerful iPaaS Solution.

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The Challenge

The Challenge: Disconnected eCommerce & ERP Operations

In today's fast-paced digital economy, running a successful eCommerce business with a disconnected ERP system like SAP Business ByDesign can lead to significant operational bottlenecks, frustrated customers, and lost revenue opportunities. Manual processes bridge the gap, but they are prone to errors, slow, and unsustainable at scale.

  • Manual order entry from Clarity eCommerce into SAP Business ByDesign is time-consuming and error-prone.
  • Delayed inventory updates between ByDesign and Clarity lead to overselling or missed sales.
  • Inconsistent customer data across systems hinders personalized marketing and accurate service.
  • Slow financial reconciliation due to disparate payment and sales data.
  • Lack of real-time visibility into order status, fulfillment, and product availability.
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The Solution

The Solution: Intelligent Integration for SAP Business ByDesign & Clarity eCommerce

Our iPaaS-powered integration solution seamlessly connects SAP Business ByDesign and Clarity eCommerce, transforming your operational efficiency. By automating critical workflows and ensuring real-time data synchronization, we empower your business to operate as a unified entity, from online storefront to back-office financials.

  • Pre-built Connectors for SAP Business ByDesign & Clarity eCommerce
  • Bidirectional Data Synchronization for Key Entities
  • Event-Driven Architecture for Real-time Updates
  • Visual Low-Code/No-Code Workflow Designer
  • AI-Assisted Data Mapping & Transformation
Implementation Timeline

Go live with SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce 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 and ByDesign Clarity eCommerce, 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 Clarity eCommerce 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 SAP Business ByDesign & Clarity eCommerce
  • Bidirectional Data Synchronization for Key Entities
  • Event-Driven Architecture for Real-time Updates
  • Visual Low-Code/No-Code Workflow Designer
  • AI-Assisted Data Mapping & Transformation
  • Robust Error Handling & Monitoring
  • Scalable & Secure Cloud-Native Platform

Technical Integration Details: How SAP ByDesign & Clarity eCommerce Connect

Our iPaaS solution provides a robust, secure, and scalable framework for connecting SAP Business ByDesign and Clarity eCommerce. It leverages the strengths of each system's API capabilities to create a seamless, event-driven data flow, ensuring operational excellence.

Data Flow Steps

Secure Connection Setup: Establish OAuth 2.0 (Clarity) and Basic Auth over HTTPS (ByDesign) connections with dedicated service users and least-privilege access.

Event Trigger Configuration: Configure Clarity eCommerce webhooks (e.g., `order.created`, `customer.updated`, `inventory.updated`) to trigger iPaaS workflows in real-time.

Data Polling & Querying: Set up scheduled polling or OData queries for SAP Business ByDesign to retrieve master data (Products, Business Partners, GL Accounts) or detect changes not covered by immediate events.

Canonical Data Model: Define a standardized data model within the iPaaS to harmonize entity structures between Clarity eCommerce and SAP Business ByDesign.

Mapping & Transformation: Visually map fields between the canonical model and each system's specific schema. Apply complex transformations (e.g., currency conversion, address formatting, line item aggregation) using low-code tools.

Business Logic & Validation: Implement conditional logic, data validation rules (e.g., ensure product ID exists in ByDesign before order creation), and data enrichment steps within the iPaaS.

Error Handling & Retries: Configure robust error handling, including automatic retries with exponential back-off for transient issues, and dead-letter queues for persistent errors requiring manual intervention.

Deployment & Monitoring: Deploy integrated workflows through Dev-QA-Prod pipelines, with continuous monitoring and alerting for performance and data integrity.

Data Touchpoints

Clarity eCommerce: Order, Product, Customer, Inventory, Payment Transaction, Shipment, Return
SAP Business ByDesign: Sales Order, Business Partner (Customer), Product (Material), Inventory (Stock), Payment, General Ledger Entry, Supplier Invoice

"Clarity eCommerce (Webhooks/REST API) <--> iPaaS (Connectors, Mapping, Transformation, Orchestration) <--> SAP Business ByDesign (SOAP/OData APIs). Key flows include: Order creation (Clarity -> ByDesign), Inventory/Product updates (ByDesign <-> Clarity), Customer sync (Clarity <-> ByDesign), Payment reconciliation (Clarity -> ByDesign)."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce.

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 SAP Business

Integrating SAP Business 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

Seamless data exchange relies on precise mapping of core business entities between SAP Business ByDesign and Clarity eCommerce. Our iPaaS provides visual tools and AI assistance to ensure accurate, consistent data flow for critical operations.

Order

Represents a customer's purchase in Clarity eCommerce, which becomes a Sales Order in SAP Business ByDesign, initiating financial and fulfillment processes.

SAP Business Fields

ID (Sales Order) BuyerID (Business Partner) SellerID Status TotalAmount CurrencyCode ProductLineItemID Quantity RequestedFulfillmentDate BillToPartyID ShipToPartyID

ByDesign Clarity eCommerce Fields

orderId customerId orderDate status totalAmount currency shippingAddress billingAddress lineItems (sku, quantity, unitPrice) paymentInfo shippingMethod

Mapping Notes

Complex mapping for line items (SKU, quantity, price, discounts, tax) from Clarity's `lineItems` array to ByDesign's `ProductLineItemID`. Shipping and billing addresses from Clarity map to ByDesign's `ShipToPartyID` and `BillToPartyID` (Business Partner roles). Custom fields for promotions or specific order types may require extensions.

Next Steps

See SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce 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.

eCommerce Order-to-Cash Automation

Automates the entire lifecycle of an eCommerce order from Clarity eCommerce checkout to cash receipt in SAP Business ByDesign, including inventory updates, fulfillment initiation, and invoice generation.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer places an order in Clarity eCommerce.
  2. 1 Clarity eCommerce triggers an 'order.created' webhook event to the iPaaS.
  3. 2 iPaaS transforms the Clarity Order entity into an SAP ByDesign Sales Order, applying tax and pricing rules.
  4. 3 SAP ByDesign Sales Order is created, automatically reserving inventory and initiating fulfillment processes.
  5. 4 Fulfillment status updates (e.g., 'Shipped') from ByDesign are pushed back to Clarity eCommerce via iPaaS.
  6. 5 Invoice generated in ByDesign, payment reconciled, and cash receipt posted automatically.

Business Outcome

Faster order processing, reduced manual data entry, accurate inventory, improved cash flow, enhanced customer satisfaction.

Frequency

Real-time, Event-driven

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

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

Automated Order Processing
Streamline the entire order-to-cash process, from Clarity eCommerce checkout to SAP Business ByDesign sales order creation and fulfillment.
Real-time Inventory Accuracy
Ensure up-to-the-minute stock levels are reflected in Clarity eCommerce, preventing overselling and improving customer trust.
Unified Customer Data
Maintain a consistent 360-degree view of your customers across both platforms for personalized engagement and service.
Reduced Manual Errors
Eliminate human error associated with manual data entry, leading to higher data quality and fewer operational exceptions.
Accelerated Financial Closing
Automate the reconciliation of eCommerce payments and sales data into SAP Business ByDesign for faster, more accurate financial reporting.
Enhanced Business Agility
Adapt quickly to market changes and new business requirements with low-code integration workflows and AI-assisted tools.
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Automated Order Processing

90% Faster Order-to-Cash Cycle

📋 What You Get

Streamline the entire order-to-cash process, from Clarity eCommerce checkout to SAP Business ByDesign sales order creation and fulfillment.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 90% Faster improvement in Order-to-Cash Cycle, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Implementation Timeline

Go live with SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce 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 and ByDesign Clarity eCommerce, 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 Clarity eCommerce 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
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managesalesorderin Create or update sales orders in ByDesign from Clarity eCommerce or CRM. Critical for order-to-cash.
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managebusinesspartnerin Manage customer and supplier master data (Business Partners) in ByDesign. Essential for customer sync.
GET /sap/byd/odata/v1/erp/materials Query product/material master data, including inventory levels and pricing, for eCommerce or WMS sync. Used for product catalog and inventory updates to Clarity.
POST /sap/bc/srt/scs/sap/managejournalentryvoucherin Post financial journal entries, useful for integrating with subsidiary GLs or external financial systems, including payment reconciliation.
GET /sap/byd/odata/v1/erp/accounts Retrieve chart of accounts and general ledger account information for financial reporting or mapping. Used during payment reconciliation.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Address Harmonization: Standardize address formats (street, city, zip code) between Clarity and ByDesign.
  • Product ID Mapping: Map Clarity `sku` to ByDesign `ProductID` and vice-versa, handling potential variations.
  • Pricing & Tax Calculation: Align pricing logic, discounts, and tax codes between the two systems, often with ByDesign as the master for final pricing.
  • Status Code Translation: Map Clarity order statuses (e.g., 'Processing', 'Shipped') to ByDesign Sales Order statuses (e.g., 'In Process', 'Finished') and vice versa.
  • Line Item Splitting/Aggregation: Handle differences in how line items, discounts, and shipping costs are structured in orders.
  • Default Value Assignment: Automatically assign default values for mandatory ByDesign fields not present in Clarity (e.g., `SalesOrganisation`).

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API Rate Limit Exceeded: iPaaS automatically backs off and retries, alerts if persistent.
  • Invalid Product ID: Order creation fails, message routed to dead-letter queue, alert sent.
  • Duplicate Customer: iPaaS deduplication logic identifies and merges/links to existing Business Partner.
  • Network Connectivity Loss: Retries implemented, alerts if connection remains down.
  • ByDesign Service Unavailability: Circuit breaker pattern prevents cascading failures, alerts sent.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce.

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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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 Clarity eCommerce?
The primary patterns involve event-driven integration (using Clarity webhooks for new orders, customer updates) for real-time transactions, and scheduled synchronization for master data (products, customers) or bulk updates. SAP ByDesign uses SOAP for transactions and OData for querying, while Clarity eCommerce offers REST APIs and webhooks. Our iPaaS orchestrates both.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

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

Low-Code FAQs

▸ Can low-code/no-code tools be used effectively to build this integration?
Absolutely. Modern iPaaS platforms offer low-code/no-code interfaces that abstract the complexities of both ByDesign's and Clarity's APIs. This empowers business users and citizen integrators to design, configure, and manage integration workflows for orders, inventory, and customer data, accelerating automation initiatives and reducing reliance on specialized developers.

Security FAQs

▸ What are the key security considerations when integrating SAP Business ByDesign and Clarity eCommerce?
Key security considerations include using dedicated service users with minimal permissions (least privilege), enforcing strong authentication (e.g., OAuth 2.0 for Clarity, client certificates/Basic Auth over TLS for ByDesign), encrypting all data in transit (TLS 1.2+), and implementing IP whitelisting. Robust data validation and audit trails are also crucial to maintain data integrity and prevent unauthorized data manipulation.

AI Enhancements FAQs

▸ How can AI enhance the SAP Business ByDesign and Clarity eCommerce integration workflows?
AI can augment this integration significantly by providing intelligent data mapping suggestions, automating exception handling (e.g., for order discrepancies), detecting anomalies for potential fraud or data errors, and providing predictive analytics for inventory or demand. This leads to higher data quality, reduced manual effort, and more proactive operations.

Performance FAQs

▸ How do I handle large data volumes, especially for product or inventory synchronization?
For large data volumes, the iPaaS leverages batch processing capabilities (e.g., ByDesign's bulk APIs), data compression, and efficient queuing mechanisms. It uses asynchronous processing and can dynamically scale resources. For inventory, real-time event-driven updates are prioritized for critical changes, while bulk updates can be scheduled intelligently to avoid hitting rate limits.

Architecture FAQs

▸ How does event-driven architecture benefit this integration?
Event-driven architecture enables real-time responsiveness. Instead of constantly polling Clarity eCommerce for changes, systems react instantly to events like a new order, an inventory update, or a customer registration via webhooks. This dramatically reduces latency, improves operational efficiency, and creates a more agile, interconnected ecosystem around ByDesign and Clarity.

Data Management FAQs

▸ How do I ensure data consistency across both systems?
Data consistency is achieved through a centralized iPaaS that performs data harmonization, validation, and transformation. Establishing clear master data ownership (e.g., ByDesign for core product data, Clarity for web-specific attributes), implementing robust data quality rules, and designing idempotent integration flows are key. AI-driven data quality checks can also proactively identify and resolve discrepancies.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce 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 and ByDesign Clarity eCommerce, 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 Clarity eCommerce 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 SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce.

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 SAP Business + ByDesign Clarity eCommerce 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