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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 9, 2026

Native Asynchronous SAP Integration Support for webMethods.io

Background

Many enterprise SAP integrations rely on asynchronous communication patterns to improve scalability, resiliency, and decoupling between systems. While webMethods.io provides SAP connectivity for synchronous request-response interactions, customers require native support for asynchronous SAP integration capabilities to support enterprise-grade SAP integration scenarios.

The absence of native asynchronous SAP processing creates challenges for customers migrating existing SAP workloads and integration landscapes to webMethods.io, particularly where asynchronous messaging is a standard architectural requirement.

Requested Capability

Provide native support for asynchronous SAP integration patterns within webMethods.io, including:

  • Fire-and-forget SAP transaction submission.
  • Support for asynchronous SAP messaging patterns.
  • Reliable, guaranteed message delivery.
  • Message persistence and retry capabilities.
  • Correlation of asynchronous requests and responses.
  • Support for SAP background processing scenarios.
  • Monitoring and tracking of asynchronous transactions.
  • Error handling and recovery mechanisms for asynchronous message processing.
  • Workflow support for long-running SAP transactions without requiring synchronous waiting periods.

Expected Outcome

Customers should be able to initiate SAP transactions through webMethods.io without requiring the calling process to remain blocked until SAP processing has completed.

This capability should enable asynchronous processing models where SAP accepts a request, processes it independently, and provides status updates or completion notifications through configurable mechanisms.
 

Idea priority Urgent
  • Admin
    John Wilson
    Aug 3, 2026

    Sir, this is an integration issue, not a B2B issue. B2B does not connect directly to SAP. That adapter is located in the Integration application. Please add this request under that product. Thank you and have a wonderful week!