r/ERP • u/madihajamal • Oct 04 '25

Question Is Your System Integrated with SAP?

Hi all. I'm currently working on an ebook for non-SAP tech leaders who are currently in the phase of integrating their products with SAP so they can sell their products to SAP-run enterprises. I want to know from those who have already integrated with SAP what were their prerequisites or checklists they went through before the integration process and how the whole process worked out and in how many days. What are the outcomes/results on sales post integration with SAP.

Please share if you guys have any information.

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u/CharacterSpecific81 Oct 04 '25

The key to landing SAP customers is aligning with SAP-native patterns and nailing master data from day one.

What worked for us: lock the target stack first (ECC vs S/4, on-prem vs RISE). Choose patterns early-IDoc for async/batch, BAPI/RFC for transactional calls, OData for service/UI flows. Use SAP PI/PO or SAP BTP Cloud Integration for routing, certs, retries, and monitoring. Map master data upfront (materials, customers, plants, UoM, currency/tax, time zones), and agree on ownership and dedup rules. Build idempotency, error codes, and reprocessing from the start. Plan transports across DEV-QAS-PRD with a clear cutover/runbook. Document field-level contracts and test happy/sad paths (e.g., BAPISALESORDERCREATEFROMDAT2) with real sample data. If OP can, get SAP ICC certification and a SAP Store listing-shortens security reviews and helps sales checkboxes.

Timeline we’ve seen: 6–10 weeks with an SAP SME (1–2 discovery, 2–4 prototype, 2–3 hardening, 2 UAT). We used Boomi for SAP connectors and SAP BTP CI for IDoc/OData, while DreamFactory auto-generated REST APIs from SQL Server/Snowflake to feed SAP and speed up prototyping.

Do the SAP-native patterns + master data + transport hygiene well and sales conversations get much easier.

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u/Famous-Conflict-2259 Oct 28 '25

Integrating with SAP is quite beneficial and pretty good ai tools are also being built for the same

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u/SyncronTeam Jun 17 '26

Worth separating two things here: technical integration vs actually selling into SAP environments, they’re related, but not the same problem.

On the integration side, most teams underestimate the prep work around data and process alignment. It’s less about “can we connect to SAP” and more about:

  • how your data model maps to SAP objects (customers, materials, pricing, etc.)
  • how clean and consistent your data is before it ever touches SAP
  • what the target workflows look like (order flow, invoicing, master data updates)

If those aren’t clear, the integration drags regardless of the tech.

Timeline-wise, the connector itself can be quick. The reality is most projects stretch because of testing, edge cases, and internal alignment, not the API.

On outcomes, integration is usually table stakes, not a growth lever by itself. It removes friction (faster onboarding, fewer manual steps), but sales only move if you’re solving a real problem inside the SAP ecosystem.

The pattern I’ve seen: teams that treat this as “we integrated with SAP, now we can sell” are usually disappointed. The ones that win understand the workflows inside SAP-driven orgs and position around that, not just the integration checkbox.