Does Procurement VMS integrate with SAP Concur?
Procurement VMS has not yet confirmed its SAP Concur integration, so treat this page as a draft. A SAP Concur integration matches expense and invoice data against approved purchases and can pass approved purchase requests to Concur, so travel, expense and invoice spend tie back to an approval.confirm
Concur is where employees report expenses and, in some companies, where invoices are processed. The purchase that justified the spend is somewhere else.
With the integration, an expense or invoice can be matched to the approved purchase it belongs to, so spend is explained, not just recorded.
What syncs between SAP Concur and Procurement VMS?
Procurement VMS owns requests and approvals, and Concur owns expenses and invoices. The table shows the data most Concur procurement integrations touch and the usual direction.
| Data | SAP Concur record | Direction | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved purchase requestsconfirm | purchase requests | Procurement VMS → SAP Concur | When the last approval clears | Optional. Concur has purchase request features of its own. |
| Invoicesconfirm | invoices | SAP Concur → Procurement VMS | When an invoice is entered | Matched against the approved order. |
| Expense reportsconfirm | expense entries | SAP Concur → Procurement VMS | When a report is submitted | Matched to approved spend where a purchase preceded it. |
| Vendors and accountsconfirm | vendors, accounts | SAP Concur → Procurement VMS | On a schedule | Drives coding and vendor matching. |
How the SAP Concur connection works, step by step
Setup is split between a Concur administrator and the Procurement VMS team. Confirm which Concur products you license.
- Confirm which Concur products you useverify sourceExpense, Invoice and Request are separate products, and the overlap with procurement differs by product.Concur administrator
- Register the integrationverify sourceConcur issues credentials for API access. Confirm the process and version with SAP.Concur administrator
- Decide the approval authorityIf Concur's purchase request features are in use, pick one system for purchase approval.Finance and procurement
- Map vendors and accountsMatch the vendors and accounts that invoices and expenses will carry.Finance
- Decide how spend is matchedDefine the rule that ties an invoice or expense to an approved purchase.Finance
- Trace one purchase end to endverify sourceFollow a purchase from approval to a matched invoice in a test setup first.Everyone above
Who this fits
Concur is common in mid-sized and larger companies, and the products you license decide how much overlaps.
SMB
Very small teams are usually better served by the Expensify page.
Mid-market · fits
Concur Expense and a growing supplier base. Match invoices and expenses to approved purchases.
Enterprise · fits
Several Concur products and entities. Settle the approval authority early, and map entities carefully.
Who does what
What to plan for in SAP Concur
No Concur documentation was reachable in this check, so every item needs verification against SAP Concur's developer documentation.
Products overlap differentlyverify source
Concur Expense, Invoice and Request cover different parts of spend. Confirm which you license before scoping.
Concur has purchase request featuresverify source
If purchase requests are also approved in Concur, pick one system for approval or every purchase is approved twice.
Matching expenses is hardverify source
An expense rarely carries a purchase order number. Decide the rule that ties it to an approved purchase.
Credentials come from SAPverify source
API access is issued through SAP Concur. Confirm the process and lead time early.
Check the API generationverify source
Concur has had more than one API generation. Confirm which your account uses.
Security and access
Concur holds employee expense data, so the integration should be narrow.
- Request only the API scopes the sync needs and store credentials as secrets.verify source
- Keep employee personal and card data out of scope unless matching needs it.verify source
- Procurement VMS describes its own security posture as SOC 2 Type II aligned and CCPA compliant, with role-based access control 1. Ask for current security documentation during scoping.
Related integrations and guides
Other systems in the same category, and the workflow guides that explain the processes this connection touches.
SAP Concur integration FAQ
Procurement VMS has not yet confirmed its SAP Concur integration, so there is no published support to point to. Use the form on this page and we'll tell you the current status for your setup.
Through SAP Concur's APIs, authorized with OAuth 2.0. The integration reads invoices and expenses to match them to approved purchases, and can pass approved purchase requests.
Typically approved purchase requests, invoices, expense reports and vendors and accounts. Direction is set per record type. The table above shows the proposed split.
Scope sets the timeline: what moves, whether it moves one way or both, and how much mapping your SAP Concur setup needs. Procurement VMS states that the platform as a whole typically goes live in 4 to 8 weeks 1. The SAP Concur connection is scoped within that timeline.
Concur has purchase request features of its own. If both are used, pick one system for approval.
Yes, with a rule that ties an expense to an approved purchase, because the order number is rarely on the expense.
Sources and how this page was verified
Facts about SAP Concur on this page were checked against SAP's documentation on the date shown. Where only third-party integration documentation covers a behavior, the source is labelled third-party. Statements about Procurement VMS come from the company's published integration list; anything beyond that is confirmed with the product team before publishing. The SAP Concur integration has not been confirmed for publication, so this page is a review draft.
- Procurement VMS: platform overview and integration listProcurement VMS
SAP Concur is a trademark of SAP or its affiliates. Procurement VMS is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by SAP. Platform names are used only to describe compatibility.