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Freshsales and SAP integration

Plan how Freshsales and SAP should share data across your business. Work with Stacksync engineers on record mapping, system access, and the requirements for running the integration.

  • Scope your workflow with an integration engineer
  • Review the systems, records, and updates you need
Integration planning
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Plan the connection your business needs

Explore a Freshsales and SAP integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Freshsales and SAP is not established by the connector documentation reviewed for this page. Start with one record and the update your business needs to identify an implementation path.

01 / Business process

Start with one meaningful update

Identify the record that changes in Freshsales or SAP, where it needs to appear, and which team depends on it.

02 / Data access

Establish the available connection

Bring the objects, account editions, and required directions. An engineer can review the connector path, permissions, and field access.

03 / Success criteria

Define a result you can verify

Agree on record matching, acceptable delay, expected volume, and how your team will resolve failed updates.

Technical referenceAvailable documentation, candidate record relationships, and questions for your technical review.

What records can you sync?

Explore the record types and read/write requirements for each system.

FreshsalesConnection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typeCoverage and requirements
ContactsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
AccountsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
DealsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
TasksConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
AppointmentsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
NotesConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss Freshsales requirements

SAPConnection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typeCoverage and requirements
Business PartnersConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Materials (Products)Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Sales OrdersConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Purchase OrdersConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Outbound DeliveriesConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Billing DocumentsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss SAP requirements

Connection requirements and limits

Freshsales

Integration interface
REST API
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Freshsales.
Change detection
Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access
Confirm with Stacksync
Write access
Confirm with Stacksync

Limitations to check

  • Confirm Stacksync support for Freshsales and the record types your workflow needs.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

SAP

Integration interface
OData (v2/v4) APIs on S/4HANA; BAPI/RFC and IDoc on ECC and on-prem systems; SOAP services
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for SAP.
Change detection
Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access
Confirm with Stacksync
Write access
Confirm with Stacksync

Limitations to check

  • Confirm Stacksync support for SAP and the record types your workflow needs.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

Prepare your technical review

Use the worksheets and reference checks to capture record identity, ownership, and the result your business expects.

Implementation reference

Record identity and field ownership

Use these data-model references to describe the records your connection needs. They are planning examples; connector availability and supported operations must be established before implementation.

Download the mapping worksheet

CSV · No email required · Record matching, ownership, and test cases

Customer identityAccounts Business Partners

Before linking Freshsales Accounts to SAP Business Partners, check whether the customer is an individual or a company. Match the correct record type in each system.

Freshsales
Object support to establish
SAP
Object support to establish

Record identity

Determine whether each customer represents an individual, a company, or a business-unit relationship before matching it to a contact or organization. Retain the source customer ID and destination ID; names and email alone are insufficient.

Field ownership

Separate the customer relationship from contact details, billing authority, and consent. Choose an owner for each field after identifying whether the customer is a person or company.

Fields to include

  • Source customer ID
  • Person/company classification
  • Legal entity or business unit
  • Destination identity reference
Customer identityContacts Business Partners

Before linking Freshsales Contacts to SAP Business Partners, check whether the customer is an individual or a company. Match the correct record type in each system.

Freshsales
Object support to establish
SAP
Object support to establish

Record identity

Determine whether each customer represents an individual, a company, or a business-unit relationship before matching it to a contact or organization. Retain the source customer ID and destination ID; names and email alone are insufficient.

Field ownership

Separate the customer relationship from contact details, billing authority, and consent. Choose an owner for each field after identifying whether the customer is a person or company.

Fields to include

  • Source customer ID
  • Person/company classification
  • Legal entity or business unit
  • Destination identity reference
Business processDeals Sales Orders

Approved sales handoff: Freshsales Deals provides context for SAP Sales Orders. These are related records, not equivalent entities.

Freshsales
Object support to establish
SAP
Object support to establish

Record identity

Link the originating deal ID to a newly assigned order ID; do not reuse the deal ID as an order number.

Field ownership

Define the approval event and the customer/product data required to create an order. A sales stage alone must not authorize every order.

Fields to include

  • Source record reference
  • Destination record reference
  • Approved handoff state
  • Duplicate-detection key
Record matchingProducts Materials (Products)

Compare whether Freshsales Products and SAP Materials (Products) describe the same product or catalog item in your business.

Freshsales
Object support to establish
SAP
Object support to establish

Record identity

Distinguish the product ID, variant ID, SKU, and price-list entry; they are not interchangeable keys.

Field ownership

Assign ownership for catalog content, price, and stock separately.

Fields to include

  • Source product ID
  • SKU or variant reference
  • Description
  • Unit of measure
  • Price-list reference

Architecture decision

Choose how to connect your systems

Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Accounts / Business Partners to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.

Stacksync managed sync

Best fit
Review compatibility with a Stacksync engineer using an example of the records and updates you need.
Operating responsibility
Fits ongoing record synchronization when the required operations are supported. Add workflow steps for approvals or business actions that go beyond copying fields.
Before you choose
Check record matching: Determine whether each customer represents an individual, a company, or a business-unit relationship before matching it to a contact or organization. Retain the source customer ID and destination ID; names and email alone are insufficient. Verify field coverage, deletion handling, and how changes are detected.

Native vendor integration

Best fit
A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Freshsales and SAP record types.
Operating responsibility
Can reduce setup for a supported workflow. You may need another method for records or business steps it does not cover.
Before you choose
First check whether either vendor offers this integration. If available, verify Accounts / Business Partners, update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.

Custom API or workflow

Best fit
Consider explicit orchestration for the Deals / Sales Orders handoff.
Operating responsibility
Provides control over business steps; the team owns credentials, version changes, error queues, and reconciliation.
Before you choose
Verify endpoint permissions, pagination, quotas, duplicate detection, and failure recovery. Separate reading history from actions that send messages, grant access, or post transactions.

File or scheduled snapshot

Best fit
Consider for a one-time Freshsales / SAP migration or a reporting need with an explicit freshness window.
Operating responsibility
Can simplify a bounded transfer; later changes and deletion history require another extraction or a separately designed incremental process.
Before you choose
Record the extraction cutoff, source IDs, encoding, date/number formats, and reconciliation totals.

Workflow reference

From a business event to the right update

Open a workflow to see its trigger, record relationships, and expected result.

Customer sync test

Starting event: A change to the selected Accounts or Business Partners record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Freshsales Accounts and SAP Business Partners. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Resolve person or company type, legal entity, business role, and any billing account before transactions.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Test an individual buyer, a company buyer, and one company with multiple billing relationships. Do not merge these into a single generic contact.

If it fails: Hold ambiguous customer matches for review and resolve customer type before retrying dependent records.

Customer sync test

Starting event: A change to the selected Contacts or Business Partners record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Freshsales Contacts and SAP Business Partners. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Resolve person or company type, legal entity, business role, and any billing account before transactions.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Test an individual buyer, a company buyer, and one company with multiple billing relationships. Do not merge these into a single generic contact.

If it fails: Hold ambiguous customer matches for review and resolve customer type before retrying dependent records.

Deal or opportunity process handoff

Starting event: A change to the selected Deals or Sales Orders record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Freshsales Deals and SAP Sales Orders. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Map the customer and sales pipeline before the opportunity; map stage values deliberately.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Repeat the approved handoff and verify that it locates the existing order; test a reopened deal without silently cancelling fulfillment.

If it fails: Suspend downstream creation for a rejected deal and review whether an order already exists before retrying.

Reconcile SAP business records with Freshsales

Starting event: A finance-owned record in SAP needs operational visibility through Contacts or Accounts.

  1. Select Business Partners or Materials (Products) with the correct legal entity, period, and currency.
  2. Define a reporting relationship in Freshsales; do not equate customer records, ledger accounts, and posted transactions.
  3. Decide whether the process only reports a financial state or requests an approved accounting action, and maintain a separate transaction ID for each action.

Expected result: Totals reconcile within the same entity/currency/window; a repeated handoff creates no duplicate financial transaction.

If it fails: Verify posting and settlement state before retrying. Use the approved adjustment path for already-posted transactions.

Production readiness

Test the behavior your business depends on

Keep both record IDs with the expected and actual result. Reconcile the same filters and time window in each system.

Accounts / Business Partners

Test case

Test an individual buyer, a company buyer, and one company with multiple billing relationships. Do not merge these into a single generic contact.

Expected result

The expected customer relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Contacts / Business Partners

Test case

Test an individual buyer, a company buyer, and one company with multiple billing relationships. Do not merge these into a single generic contact.

Expected result

The expected customer relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Deals / Sales Orders

Test case

Repeat the approved handoff and verify that it locates the existing order; test a reopened deal without silently cancelling fulfillment.

Expected result

The expected deal or opportunity relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Products / Materials (Products)

Test case

Test two variants of one product, a changed SKU, and a price that applies to only one market or currency.

Expected result

The expected product or catalog item relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Direction and permissions

Test case

Bring an example source record and the intended destination operation to the compatibility review. Confirm the supported route before granting write access.

Expected result

Only an approved, supported direction and permitted fields are written.

Freshness and reconciliation

Test case

Measure source and destination times for the selected records under normal load and a burst. Reconcile IDs and values using the same filters and cutoff.

Expected result

The process meets its agreed freshness target and reconciliation has no unexplained differences.

Failure recovery

Find the cause. Restore the data flow.

Start with the failed record and the destination error, then inspect the source value, field requirements, and access.

Rejected or repeated customer change

Investigate

Inspect Freshsales Accounts and SAP Business Partners, their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Hold ambiguous customer matches for review and resolve customer type before retrying dependent records.

Rejected or repeated customer change

Investigate

Inspect Freshsales Contacts and SAP Business Partners, their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Hold ambiguous customer matches for review and resolve customer type before retrying dependent records.

Rejected or repeated deal or opportunity change

Investigate

Inspect Freshsales Deals and SAP Sales Orders, their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Suspend downstream creation for a rejected deal and review whether an order already exists before retrying.

A record type or update is unavailable

Investigate

Check the Freshsales and SAP connector guides, account permissions, and any operations marked On Request.

Next action

Ask the integration team to confirm a supported way to handle that record. Verify whether it needs connector configuration or a separate workflow step.

Source and destination disagree after a retry

Investigate

Compare current source values, destination validation, identity mappings, and any side effects already completed.

Next action

Stacksync issue retry reads the current source state. Decide the intended state before retrying or reverting; reconcile downstream effects separately.

Read the Stacksync issues dashboard guide for retry and revert behavior.

How updates move between Freshsales and SAP

See how each system detects changes and which updates the other system can receive. Each direction has its own permissions and record requirements.

Freshsales SAP Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in SAP.

SAP Freshsales Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Freshsales.

Update timing and record limits

  • Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

Prepare Freshsales and SAP access

Set up both accounts before testing the mapping. Use test records where available, and identify the account administrator who can approve access and help resolve setup errors.

Freshsales setup checklist

  • Identify the Freshsales account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Freshsales, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

SAP setup checklist

  • Identify the SAP account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for SAP, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

Prepare to go live

Record the fields each system can update, the first-load cutoff, both record IDs, the expected update delay, and who handles errors. Complete the tests before production before expanding to more records.

Use the Freshsales and SAP planning worksheet to capture these decisions. Record the access owner in the worksheet and enter credentials only in the connection setup.

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