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AI for SAP Business ByDesign, governed
SAP Business ByDesign has no official MCP server, so AI assistants cannot reach it on their own. mcpbizapps is that missing piece: a governed MCP gateway that gives Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot nine business tools for customers, sales orders, receivables and projects, with roles, previews, approvals and an audit trail.
What the AI assistant can do in ByDesign
Nine tools in two groups. Each person gets the tools their roles allow.
| Tool | What it does | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Find customers | Finds customers by name or number. | Look-up |
| Open items for a customer | Shows unpaid invoices and credit notes for one customer. | Look-up |
| Find sales orders | Finds sales orders by customer, date or status. | Look-up |
| Delivery status of an order | Shows what was delivered and invoiced for one order. | Look-up |
| Receivables aging | Groups what customers owe by how overdue it is. | Look-up |
| Project budget vs actual | Compares a project's planned and actual costs. | Look-up |
| Prepare a sales order | Builds a sales order preview with ByDesign prices. Nothing is created until it is confirmed and, above your limit, approved. | Change, previewed |
| Create the sales order | Creates the confirmed sales order in ByDesign, with a note naming the person who asked. | Change, previewed |
| Check a request's status | Tells the assistant whether a prepared change was approved, declined or created. | Look-up |
By team
Sales and inside sales
Create SAP Business ByDesign sales orders from a sentence
Finance and accounts receivable
Receivables and open items in SAP Business ByDesign, in one question
Project managers and controllers
Project budget vs actual in SAP Business ByDesign, without the report
IT, security and ERP administrators
One control point for AI access to SAP Business ByDesign
What you need to connect it
- A dedicated integration user in ByDesign (a technical user, not a person) with read access to customers, sales orders, receivables and projects.
- A few web services we provide for open items, order fulfillment, project costs and prices, turned on once by your ByDesign administrator.
- For creating sales orders: the standard sales order interface for the integration user.
- The web address of your ByDesign system.
We set this up with your ByDesign administrator during the pilot.
Which assistants
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Claude
Claude plans that support custom connectors. On Team and Enterprise plans, an organization owner may need to add the connector first.
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ChatGPT
Custom connectors are available on ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and Edu plans.
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Microsoft Copilot Studio
Agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio that can use Model Context Protocol tools.
Questions people ask
Is there an official MCP server or AI connector for SAP Business ByDesign?
Not from SAP. mcpbizapps provides one: it connects ByDesign to Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot through Model Context Protocol, with access control, approvals and an audit log.
Which ByDesign data can the AI assistant use?
Customers, sales orders and their delivery status, open items and receivables aging, and project budget vs actual. It can also prepare and create sales orders. More areas, such as suppliers, purchase orders and stock, are on the roadmap.
How does mcpbizapps connect to ByDesign?
Through the standard ByDesign web services, using one dedicated integration user. There is nothing to install in ByDesign beyond turning on the web services we provide.
Our ByDesign contract runs for years. Is it worth adding AI now?
Yes, if your teams already use AI assistants. mcpbizapps makes the ERP you already run answer in those assistants, without giving everyone access to the ERP and without copying data out.
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See it with your own questions
In 30 minutes we show an AI assistant looking up and preparing work in a business app, with the approval and the audit trail. Bring the questions your team asks every week.