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Indirect access exposure, quantified and controlled.

Indirect access is now the single largest commercial risk in most SAP estates. We map every integration, classify every document type, and model the conversion economics under Digital Access so you know your real exposure before SAP measures it. Senior led, no SAP relationship.

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What we do

Four areas of indirect access advisory.

Most Fortune 500 estates have hundreds of integration patterns touching SAP. We work through them systematically and quantify the commercial exposure of each.

Area 01

Integration discovery

We inventory every non SAP system, RFC partner, web service, and integration platform that creates, reads, updates, or deletes documents in SAP. Nothing in scope is left undocumented.

  • RFC, IDoc, web service, and OData inventory
  • Middleware, ESB, and iPaaS pattern mapping
  • Reverse trace from SAP transaction codes to source
Area 02

Document classification

We map each integration pattern to the SAP Digital Access document categories and validate the classification against contract language. Misclassified patterns are the leading cause of audit surprises.

  • Sales, purchase, financial, material, service order classification
  • Edge case review for non standard integrations
  • Documented evidence packs for every classification
Area 03

Conversion economics

We model both the legacy indirect named user logic and the Digital Access document based pricing, identifying the breakeven point for each pattern and the right contractual structure.

  • Digital Access Adoption Program economics review
  • Document throughput modeling at one and three year horizons
  • Hybrid model design preserving named user investment
Area 04

Contract redesign

We draft contract amendments that define document categories, set measurement frequency, and prevent reclassification surprises during the next renewal or RISE migration.

  • Document definition appendices in the master contract
  • Measurement frequency and methodology language
  • Anti reclassification clauses for known patterns
Our approach

Our five step indirect access methodology

Indirect access exposure can be quantified to within a small margin in eight to twelve weeks. Our five phase method delivers a decision ready commercial position.

01

Inventory

End to end inventory of every external system that integrates with SAP, classified by interaction type.

02

Classify

Mapping of each pattern to Digital Access document categories with documented evidence.

03

Model

Conversion economics, throughput forecasting, and hybrid scenario modeling.

04

Position

Recommended commercial position and counter proposal language ready for negotiation with SAP.

05

Document

Contract amendments, measurement playbook, and ongoing governance to prevent regression.

Enterprise integration architect reviewing patterns
Measurable outcomes

Measurable outcomes when SAPAudits handles indirect access.

Indirect access engagements consistently identify millions of dollars of avoidable exposure in Fortune 500 estates. Each outcome below is the median across more than forty engagements.

67%
Average reduction in indirect exposure against initial SAP measurement after reclassification and evidence based dispute.
$8.4M
Median avoidable exposure identified across Fortune 500 indirect access engagements completed in the past three years.
100%
Patterns documented with evidence so future measurements can be supported without rebuilding the analysis from scratch.
0
Recurring disputes after closure in clients where contract amendments defined document categories and measurement scope.
Client outcome

Banking group restructures Digital Access and avoids 22 million in lock in

"SAP proposed a Digital Access conversion that looked clean on the surface but locked us into a document growth assumption we could not control. SAPAudits modeled the throughput, restructured the metric, and negotiated language that gave us forty percent room to grow without further uplift."
Head of SAP Architecture, European banking group
$22MAvoided lock in
5 yearsTerm of contract amendment
40%Headroom for document growth
9 weeksFrom engagement to executed amendment
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Quantifying Indirect Access Exposure

Document classification logic and Digital Access conversion economics for Fortune 500 estates.

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Digital Access versus Named User

Breakeven analysis across common SAP integration patterns and how to choose the right metric.

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The SAP Audit Defense Playbook

Step by step preparation, dispute, and settlement methodology used in more than one hundred audit defenses.

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Every engagement begins with a confidential, no obligation assessment. Tell us what you are facing and we respond within one business day with an initial point of view from a senior advisor.

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