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Namely to SAP integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Namely and SAP in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Namely and SAP

Sync the workers, org structure, and cost centers that SAP and Namely share in real time, so the people Namely manages stay current in the system that runs finance and operations.

Namely is the system of record for people: who was hired, which department and location they sit in, who they report to, and how they are paid. SAP runs finance and operations, and much of what it does depends on that same information, from booking labor cost to approving an expense report to staffing a project. Where the two are bridged by re-keying or an overnight file, each side spends the day out of step, with new hires missing from the systems they need and leavers still active where they should not be.

Stacksync syncs Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Outbound Deliveries, Billing Documents in SAP with Groups, Teams, Reports, Profile Fields in Namely field by field, in real time, and in both directions. You decide which system owns which fields, so the people side stays authoritative for worker data while SAP keeps its own accounting and operational detail, and every change made in one is reflected in the other within seconds instead of at the next batch run.

Common use cases

  • 01 Replicate journal entries and billing documents to a warehouse for finance analytics without loading the ERP.
  • 02 Keep MES and WMS systems aligned with production orders and goods movements.
  • 03 Feed Namely Reports as JSON into a database on a schedule for roster, turnover, and diversity dashboards without manual CSV exports.
  • 04 Provision or deprovision accounts in an IdP or directory when a Profile's user_status or start_date changes, and write the resulting user ID and email back onto the Profile.

Common sync patterns

Where Namely is the worker system of record: one employee master

When a worker is hired, moved, or offboarded in Namely, the matching employee record in SAP is created, updated, or deactivated, so the business system reflects the workforce as it actually is.

New hires ready to transact in SAP

A new person set up in Namely becomes an employee record in SAP in time to submit expenses, enter time, or approve a purchase, without waiting on manual setup.

One org structure

Departments, cost centers, and locations that both systems reference stay in agreement, so labor cost, approvals, and reporting in SAP roll up to the same structure Namely maintains.

What you can sync between Namely and SAP

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Namely objects SAP objects How this pairing syncs
Teams Teams and team categories a Profile belongs to; read and written for org-chart and provisioning workflows. GL Accounts and Journal Entries Financial postings replicated to warehouses for group finance analytics. Teams is specific to Namely and GL Accounts and Journal Entries to SAP — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Reports Saved Namely reports returned as JSON snapshots that update instantly; read-only feeds for headcount and roster analytics. Production Orders Manufacturing orders exchanged with MES and scheduling systems. Reports is specific to Namely and Production Orders to SAP — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Profile Fields Metadata describing standard and company-defined custom field sections; read to discover schema and generate mappings. Inventory / Stock Plant and storage-location quantities synced to storefronts and planning tools. Profile Fields is specific to Namely and Inventory / Stock to SAP — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Events Home-feed items such as announcements, birthdays, anniversaries, and new arrivals; typically read-only into comms tools. Cost Centers Controlling masters read for mapping costs in finance integrations. Events is specific to Namely and Cost Centers to SAP — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Profiles The core employee record (personal, job, contact, and compensation fields); synced two-way via GET/POST/PUT with updated_at driving incremental polling. Business Partners The unified customer and supplier master in S/4HANA, the anchor object for CRM and procurement syncs. Profiles is specific to Namely and Business Partners to SAP — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Job Titles Job title definitions; read and written so titles stay aligned with an HRIS, directory, or reporting dimension. Materials (Products) Item master with plant and sales views, synced to commerce, PLM, and CRM systems. Job Titles is specific to Namely and Materials (Products) to SAP — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Namely and SAP

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

Namely SAP Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Namely for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. No webhooks.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to SAP through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

SAP Namely Sub-second propagation

DetectionSAP notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Business events via SAP Event Mesh on S/4HANA.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Namely through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Namely: Namely's public docs do not publish a fixed request quota; the REST API returns standard HTTP status codes, so integrations should throttle and back off on 429/5xx responses.
  • SAP: Throttling is configured at the gateway and tenant level rather than as a single published rate limit.
What ships with Namely ⇄ SAP

Connect Namely and SAP for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Namely–SAP connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Namely or SAP instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Namely or SAP data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Namely or SAP record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Namely ⇄ SAP sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Namely and SAP.

How the Namely and SAP connectors work

Namely

Integration surface
REST API (JSON over HTTPS)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authorization-code grant, or a personal access token sent as a Bearer token; all calls run over HTTPS against https://{subdomain}.namely.com/api/v1
Change detection
No webhooks; integrations poll GET endpoints and compare the updated_at / created_at timestamps on Profiles and related objects to detect changes
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Namely's public docs do not publish a fixed request quota; the REST API returns standard HTTP status codes, so integrations should throttle and back off on 429/5xx responses.

SAP

Integration surface
OData (v2/v4) APIs on S/4HANA; BAPI/RFC and IDoc on ECC and on-prem systems; SOAP services
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 or basic auth via communication arrangements on cloud editions; SAP user credentials for RFC on-prem
Change detection
Business events via SAP Event Mesh on S/4HANA; change pointers with IDocs or timestamp polling on ECC
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Throttling is configured at the gateway and tenant level rather than as a single published rate limit
How it works

How to connect Namely to SAP — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Namely and SAP with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Namely connected
    SAP connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Namely and SAP objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Namely ⇄ SAP
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Namely SAP
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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