Integration Hero
Connect™

Unify Finance & Payments: SAP S/4HANA & Chase Orbital Paymentech Integration

Automate your order-to-cash cycle, achieve real-time financial reconciliation, and secure payment processing with a powerful, AI-driven iPaaS.

The Challenge

The Disconnect Between ERP and Payment Processing

Managing financial operations with disparate SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech systems creates significant friction. Manual processes lead to delays, errors, and compliance risks, hindering efficiency and financial visibility.

  • Manual reconciliation of payment gateway settlements with the General Ledger.
  • Delayed or inaccurate posting of sales and payment data to SAP S/4HANA.
  • Challenges in maintaining real-time inventory and order status post-payment.
  • High risk of human error in data entry and financial adjustments (refunds, chargebacks).
  • Compliance complexities, especially PCI DSS, when handling sensitive payment data across systems.
Integration Diagram
Solution Illustration
The Solution

Seamless Financial Harmony: SAP S/4HANA & Chase Orbital Paymentech via iPaaS

Our iPaaS-driven solution creates a unified ecosystem for your finance and payment operations. By connecting SAP S/4HANA with Chase Orbital Paymentech, we automate the entire payment lifecycle, ensuring data accuracy, security, and real-time visibility.

  • Bi-directional data synchronization for payments, orders, and financial documents.
  • Real-time event-driven triggers for instant updates across systems.
  • Advanced data mapping and transformation engine for consistent data.
  • Robust error handling with automated retries and alerts.
  • Comprehensive monitoring and analytics dashboards.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with SAP S/4HANA + Chase Orbital Paymentech 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 S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech, 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 S/4HANA + Chase Orbital Paymentech deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Bi-directional data synchronization for payments, orders, and financial documents.
  • Real-time event-driven triggers for instant updates across systems.
  • Advanced data mapping and transformation engine for consistent data.
  • Robust error handling with automated retries and alerts.
  • Comprehensive monitoring and analytics dashboards.
  • PCI DSS compliant tokenization for secure payment data.
  • Support for various SAP S/4HANA APIs (OData, REST) and Chase Orbital Paymentech APIs/Webhooks.

Technical Integration Overview: Bridging SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech

This integration leverages a robust iPaaS to establish secure, scalable, and real-time data exchange between SAP S/4HANA's comprehensive ERP functionalities and Chase Orbital Paymentech's secure payment processing capabilities. The architecture is designed for high throughput, data integrity, and compliance.

Data Flow Steps

Secure Connection Setup: Establish authenticated connections to both SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech using appropriate credentials (OAuth 2.0, API keys, client certificates) and secure protocols (TLS 1.2+).

Event Listener/Polling Configuration: Configure the iPaaS to either listen for event-driven triggers (webhooks from Chase Orbital, SAP Event Mesh/outbound IDocs from S/4HANA) or schedule polling for specific data sets (e.g., daily settlement reports).

Data Extraction: Extract relevant data from the source system (e.g., Sales Order from S/4HANA, Transaction from Chase Orbital) via their respective APIs.

Data Transformation & Harmonization: Use the iPaaS's visual mapping canvas to transform and harmonize data schemas. Apply business rules, lookup values, and data cleansing to ensure consistency for the target system.

Data Validation: Implement pre-posting validation rules within the iPaaS to check data integrity, format, and compliance before sending to the target system.

Data Loading: Load the transformed and validated data into the target system via its exposed APIs (e.g., posting a Journal Entry to S/4HANA, initiating a Refund in Chase Orbital).

Error Handling & Notification: Implement intelligent error handling, automated retries with exponential back-off, dead-letter queues, and real-time alerts for any failures or anomalies.

Monitoring & Reporting: Provide end-to-end visibility into integration flows, transaction volumes, and performance metrics through centralized dashboards.

Data Touchpoints

SAP S/4HANA: Sales Order, Business Partner, Material, Inventory, Invoice, Payment, General Ledger Document, Cost Center, GL Account.
Chase Orbital Paymentech: Transaction, PaymentMethod, CustomerPaymentProfile, MerchantAccount, SettlementBatch, Refund, Chargeback, Order, Invoice.

"iPaaS acts as the central hub. SAP S/4HANA (Sales Orders, Invoices, GL) communicates with iPaaS via OData/REST APIs. Chase Orbital Paymentech (Transactions, Settlements, Refunds, Chargebacks) communicates with iPaaS via REST APIs and Webhooks. iPaaS orchestrates bi-directional data flow, performing transformations and validations in between."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for SAP S/4HANA + Chase Orbital Paymentech.

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 SAP S/4HANA

Integrating SAP S/4HANA 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

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping for SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech

Seamless data flow relies on precise mapping between critical business entities. Our iPaaS provides a visual canvas for defining these mappings, enhanced by AI for efficiency and accuracy.

Sales Order (SAP S/4HANA) <=> Order (Chase Orbital Paymentech)

The Sales Order in S/4HANA represents a customer's purchase, while the 'Order' in Chase Orbital is typically a reference for the payment transaction. This mapping ensures payments are correctly linked to sales records.

SAP S/4HANA Fields

SalesOrder SalesOrderType SoldToParty (BP ID) PurchaseOrderByCustomer NetAmount Currency OverallSDStatus SalesOrderItem Material RequestedQuantity

Chase Orbital Paymentech Fields

orderId customerId totalAmount currency paymentStatus items[]

Mapping Notes

The `SalesOrder` from S/4HANA should typically map to `orderId` in Chase Orbital for consistent tracking. `SoldToParty` (Business Partner ID) maps to `customerId`. Item-level details might be passed for detailed transaction tracking or aggregated for payment totals.

Next Steps

See SAP S/4HANA + Chase Orbital Paymentech 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.

End-to-End eCommerce Order-to-Cash Automation

This workflow automates the entire journey from a customer placing an order online to the final financial posting in SAP S/4HANA, integrating payment processing through Chase Orbital Paymentech.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Order Creation: Customer places an order on an eCommerce storefront (e.g., Shopify).
  2. 1 Sales Order in S/4HANA: iPaaS creates a Sales Order in SAP S/4HANA (`APISALESORDER_SRV/SalesOrder`) with customer and product details.
  3. 2 Payment Authorization: iPaaS sends a payment authorization request to Chase Orbital Paymentech (`/transactions/authorize`) using tokenized card data.
  4. 3 Order Confirmation & Inventory Check: Upon successful authorization, the order is confirmed in the eCommerce system, and real-time inventory levels are checked/updated in SAP S/4HANA (`APIPRODUCTSTOCK_SRV`).
  5. 4 Payment Capture: Once goods are shipped, iPaaS triggers a payment capture request to Chase Orbital Paymentech (`/transactions/capture`).
  6. 5 Financial Posting: The successful payment transaction details from Chase Orbital are posted as a Payment and/or Journal Entry in SAP S/4HANA's General Ledger (`APIJOURNALENTRYSRV`) against the relevant Customer Invoice/Sales Order.
  7. 6 Status Updates: Payment status is updated in SAP S/4HANA, and this status can be synchronized back to the eCommerce platform.

Business Outcome

Reduced manual effort, real-time payment processing, accurate sales and payment reconciliation, improved order fulfillment speed, enhanced customer trust.

Frequency

Real-time, Event-driven

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

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

Accelerated Cash Flow & Financial Close
Automate payment processing and daily settlement reconciliation to significantly reduce days sales outstanding (DSO) and shorten financial close cycles.
Enhanced Data Accuracy & Reconciliation
Eliminate manual data entry errors and ensure real-time, consistent financial data across SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech, leading to flawless reconciliation.
PCI DSS Compliance & Security
Leverage Chase Orbital's tokenization and iPaaS's secure data handling to maintain strict PCI DSS compliance and protect sensitive payment information.
Operational Efficiency & Cost Savings
Automate tedious manual tasks, freeing up finance and IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than repetitive data management.
Real-time Financial Visibility
Gain instant insights into transaction statuses, settlement reports, and overall cash position, enabling proactive financial management and better decision-making.
Improved Customer Experience
Faster order processing, seamless payment experiences, and quicker refund processing lead to higher customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Accelerated Cash Flow & Financial Close

30% Reduction in DSO

📋 What You Get

Automate payment processing and daily settlement reconciliation to significantly reduce days sales outstanding (DSO) and shorten financial close cycles.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 30% improvement in Reduction in DSO, 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, GET, PATCH /sap/opu/odata/sap/APISALESORDER_SRV/SalesOrder Create, retrieve, or update sales orders in real-time from eCommerce or CRM systems, initiating the payment process.
POST, GET, PATCH /sap/opu/odata/sap/APIBUSINESSPARTNER/A_BusinessPartner Manage customer master data (Business Partners) for linking payment profiles and transaction history.
GET /sap/opu/odata/sap/APIPRODUCTSTOCKSRV/AProductStock Retrieve real-time inventory levels for products, crucial for order fulfillment post-payment.
POST /sap/opu/odata/sap/APIJOURNALENTRYSRV/JournalEntry Post financial journal entries from Chase Orbital settlement data into the General Ledger for reconciliation.
POST, GET, PATCH /sap/opu/odata/sap/APICUSTOMERINVOICE_SRV/CustomerInvoice Manage customer invoices to track payment status and apply incoming payments.

Transformation Logic

  • Currency Conversion: Standardize currency codes (e.g., 'USD' from Chase Orbital to 'US DOLLAR' in S/4HANA if required).
  • Date Formatting: Ensure consistent date and timestamp formats between systems (e.g., ISO 8601).
  • ID Mapping: Map `SalesOrder` to `orderId`, `BusinessPartner ID` to `customerId`, and ensure consistent external IDs are used in S/4HANA.
  • Status Harmonization: Translate Chase Orbital payment statuses (e.g., 'AUTHORIZED', 'CAPTURED') to corresponding S/4HANA document or item statuses.
  • Financial Allocation: Dynamically assign `grossAmount`, `feesAmount`, and `netAmount` from settlements to predefined S/4HANA `GLAccount`s based on configurable business rules (e.g., fee type, merchant ID).

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Transient Network Errors: Handled by automated retries with exponential back-off.
  • API Rate Limit Exceeded: Managed by throttling and queuing mechanisms.
  • Data Validation Failure: Messages moved to DLQ, alerts triggered for manual review.
  • Business Logic Errors: (e.g., invalid GL account) Alerts triggered, human workflow initiated for correction.
  • Duplicate Transaction Attempt: Prevented by idempotent API calls and duplicate detection logic.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

General FAQs

What is the primary benefit of integrating SAP S/4HANA with Chase Orbital Paymentech?
The primary benefit is end-to-end automation of your financial and payment processes, from order placement and payment authorization to daily settlement reconciliation in the General Ledger. This leads to real-time financial visibility, reduced manual errors, faster cash flow, and enhanced PCI DSS compliance.

Security FAQs

How does an iPaaS support PCI DSS compliance for this integration?
An iPaaS ensures PCI DSS compliance by strictly leveraging Chase Orbital Paymentech's tokenization services. Sensitive cardholder data never touches or resides within the iPaaS or SAP S/4HANA. The iPaaS securely transmits and stores only non-sensitive tokens, while all data in transit is encrypted with TLS 1.2+.

Financial Operations FAQs

Can I automate daily financial reconciliation using Chase Orbital Paymentech integrations into SAP S/4HANA?
Absolutely. Our iPaaS solution fully automates the daily reconciliation process. It retrieves settlement data from Chase Orbital Paymentech, intelligently transforms it into balanced journal entries, maps it to the correct GL accounts, and posts it directly to SAP S/4HANA's General Ledger, significantly reducing manual effort and accelerating financial close.

Technical FAQs

What SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech APIs are typically used?
For SAP S/4HANA, we primarily use OData services like `/APISALESORDERSRV` (Sales Orders), `/APIBUSINESSPARTNER` (Business Partners), and `/APIJOURNALENTRY_SRV` (Journal Entries). For Chase Orbital Paymentech, key endpoints include `/transactions/authorize`, `/transactions/capture`, `/transactions/refund`, `/settlements/daily`, and `/paymentprofiles`, along with webhooks for real-time events.
What is an event-driven architecture in the context of this integration?
An event-driven architecture means that specific actions or 'events' in one system automatically trigger workflows in another. For example, a successful payment capture event from Chase Orbital (via webhook) immediately triggers an update and financial posting in SAP S/4HANA. This ensures real-time data flow and immediate responses across your enterprise, rather than relying on scheduled polling.
How are errors and failed transactions handled in these integrations?
Our solution implements a multi-tiered error handling strategy. This includes centralized logging, automated retries with exponential back-off for transient errors, dead-letter queues (DLQs) for persistent failures, and real-time alerts for critical issues. For complex business exceptions, human intervention workflows are triggered for review and resolution, ensuring no data is lost.

iPaaS Capabilities FAQs

How do low-code/no-code tools enhance this integration?
Low-code/no-code tools within the iPaaS empower business users (finance, operations) to design, configure, and manage payment and reconciliation workflows using visual, drag-and-drop interfaces. This drastically reduces reliance on IT, accelerates development cycles, and allows for agile adaptation of business rules without complex coding.

AI FAQs

How does AI enhance the integration between SAP S/4HANA and Chase Orbital Paymentech?
AI significantly augments the integration by providing intelligent data mapping suggestions, real-time anomaly detection for fraud prevention or reconciliation discrepancies, and autonomous exception handling. It can also help categorize errors and suggest auto-resolution steps, making workflows more proactive and efficient.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for SAP S/4HANA + Chase Orbital Paymentech.

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 S/4HANA + Chase Orbital Paymentech integration in action.

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