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IBM AS/400 to Plex ERP integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP

Give your engineers Plex ERP's data in IBM AS/400: read it with normal queries, write back through the sync, and skip the ERP API entirely.

ERP data sits behind interfaces built for the ERP's own modules, not for your internal systems. Teams that need those records, for reporting services, internal tools, or automations, end up writing integration code against a strict API and maintaining it through every upgrade.

Stacksync mirrors Production jobs, Sales orders, Purchase orders, Customers from Plex ERP into IBM AS/400 and keeps both sides consistent in real time. Whatever Plex ERP is the system of record for, whether financials, operations, people, or procurement, those records become rows your code can query, and changes written in IBM AS/400 sync back into Plex ERP with its validations respected.

Common use cases

  • Keep customer and item files aligned with an ecommerce platform or modern ERP during phased modernization.
  • Feed shipment and invoice data from the AS/400 into logistics and finance tools in near real time.
  • Feed quality and scrap data to dashboards supervisors check without logging into Plex.
  • Sync production and inventory data from Plex into a warehouse or Postgres for plant-level analytics.

Controlled write-back

Choose exactly which tables and fields may flow from IBM AS/400 back into Plex ERP, keeping the ERP authoritative.

Read ERP records with a query

Records from Plex ERP live in IBM AS/400 as ordinary tables or collections, joinable with the rest of your data.

Internal tools and automations without API code

Scripts and services read and write the synced tables; Stacksync handles the Plex ERP interface, limits, and retries.

What you can sync between IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

IBM AS/400 objects Plex ERP objects
Libraries The schema-equivalent containers that scope which files a sync reads. Quality records Checksheet and inspection data pulled into plant dashboards
Physical files (tables) The Db2 for i tables mapped directly to sync targets. Parts Item master records shared with CRM, e-commerce, and planning tools
Logical files (views) Indexed or filtered views over physical files, usable as read sources. Inventory On-hand balances and locations replicated for visibility outside the plant system
Members Sub-partitions of files in legacy applications, flattened or selected during syncs. Production jobs Shop-floor work records combining ERP and MES data for output reporting
Rows / records The unit of read and write, accessed via SQL or record-level access. Sales orders Demand records written in from e-commerce or EDI channels and read out for fulfillment status
Journals and journal receivers The change log that enables log-based CDC on journaled files. Purchase orders Procurement records mirrored to accounting and planning systems
What ships with IBM AS/400 ⇄ Plex ERP

Connect IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every IBM AS/400–Plex ERP connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in IBM AS/400 or Plex ERP instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever IBM AS/400 or Plex ERP data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single IBM AS/400 or Plex ERP record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your IBM AS/400 ⇄ Plex ERP sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP.

How the IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP connectors work

IBM AS/400

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC to Db2 for i (for example the JTOpen/jt400 driver), alongside native record-level access
Authentication
IBM i user profile credentials (database credentials)
Change detection
Journal-based CDC by reading journal receivers on journaled files; polling as a fallback
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Bounded by system resources and subsystem configuration rather than an API quota.

Plex ERP

Integration surface
REST APIs plus legacy SOAP web services
Authentication
API keys issued through the Plex Developer Portal
Change detection
polling; no general-purpose change webhooks
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
subject to the platform's API rate limits
How it works

How to connect IBM AS/400 to Plex ERP — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    IBM AS/400 connected
    Plex ERP connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the IBM AS/400 and Plex ERP objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · IBM AS/400 ⇄ Plex ERP
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    IBM AS/400 Plex ERP
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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