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Overview

To authenticate with SAP Business One, you need:
  1. Service Layer URL - The base URL for your SAP Business One Service Layer
  2. Skip certificate verification (Optional) - Only needed if your Service Layer uses a self-signed certificate
  3. Company Database - The name of your SAP Business One company database
  4. Database Instance (Optional) - The database server instance name
  5. Username - Your SAP Business One API access username
  6. Password - Your SAP Business One API access password
This guide will walk you through obtaining these credentials from your SAP Business One environment.

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Prerequisites:

  • You must have an active SAP Business One account with manager or administrative privileges
  • Your SAP Business One Service Layer must be installed and configured
  • Access to the SAP Control Center
  • The server URL must be publicly accessible (public IP address or registered domain name, not a hostname)

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Instructions

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Step 1: Obtaining your Credentials

Your Username and Password are your SAP Business One login credentials. Make sure that this account has manager or administrator privileges.

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Step 2: Identifying Your Company Database

  1. Log in to SAP Business One using the credentials identified above
  2. Navigate to Administration > Choose Company / Log In screen > Change Company
  3. Find and note the Database Name for your company (or companies)
  4. Each company has its own database name - choose the one you wish to connect to

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Step 3: Finding Your Service Layer URL

The Service Layer URL consists of the server address and port where your SAP B1 Service Layer is hosted.
  1. Access the SAP Control Center as an administrator or system manager
  2. Navigate to Services > Service Layer
  3. Copy the server URL (usually the IP address of the server)
The Service Layer URL must include the API base path, typically /b1s/v1 — for example, my-server.com:50000/b1s/v1.

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Step 4: Finding Your Database Instance

  1. Access the SAP Control Center as an administrator or system manager
  2. Navigate to Landscape > Database Instances.
  3. Locate the instance used by your SAP Business One system.

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Step 5: Skip certificate verification

If your Service Layer uses a self-signed certificate — common when it’s hosted by an internal or third-party cloud team — set Skip certificate verification to true in the connection form. This disables protection against man-in-the-middle attacks for this connection, so only enable it if you trust the network path to your Service Layer. Leave it set to false if your certificate is publicly trusted.

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Step 6: Enter Credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have all your credentials:
  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with SAP Business One
  2. Enter your Service Layer URL, Company Database, Database Instance, Username, and Password in their designated fields
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated
You are now connected to SAP Business One.