Customisations & API in Ostendo Continuum ERP

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Built Around Your Business — Not the Other Way Around

Modern businesses rarely fit into rigid, off-the-shelf systems. Ostendo Continuum ERP is designed from the ground up to adapt — enabling deep customisation and powerful API-driven integration without compromising core stability or upgradeability.

Through advanced scripting, open REST APIs, and flexible data access, Ostendo Continuum allows organisations to tailor workflows, automate processes, and connect seamlessly with external systems — all while remaining fully supported and secure.

From simple enhancements through to fully integrated, multi-system solutions, Ostendo’s customisation framework ensures your ERP evolves alongside your business.

Customised Developments Built Around Your Business

No two organisations operate in exactly the same way — and your ERP should reflect that reality.

Ostendo Continuum provides a robust customisation framework that allows enhancements ranging from simple productivity improvements to fully bespoke modules that extend the ERP’s capabilities. Customisations are implemented around the core system rather than modifying it, ensuring reliability, performance, and long-term upgrade compatibility.

Typical customisation approaches include:

Enhancing existing screens and workflows
Automating complex business rules
Introducing new functional modules
Integrating tightly with third-party platforms

Advanced Scripting & Business Logic

At the heart of Ostendo customisation is a powerful event-driven scripting engine that allows logic to be embedded exactly where your business needs it. Scripts can respond to system events, validate data, transform information, and automate actions across the ERP.

Key capabilities include:

Event-driven script triggers
Custom validation and transformation logic
Workflow automation
Integration with internal and external systems
Screen-level behaviour and user interaction control

Unlimited custom fields, user-defined tables, and configurable menus further extend the system without altering standard code.

Ostendo API Integration — Connect Anything, Securely

The Ostendo REST API Service enables secure, real-time communication between Ostendo Continuum ERP and virtually any external application capable of making HTTP or HTTPS requests.

This API layer is ideal for:

Web applications and portals
eCommerce platforms
EDI solutions
Mobile applications
Third-party business systems

For best-practice security, API connections are recommended to operate over SSL (HTTPS), with strict authorisation controls defined within Ostendo Continuum itself. Only approved users and applications are permitted access, protecting data integrity and governance.

A Unique Advantage: Authorised SQL via the API

One of the most powerful and distinctive features of the Ostendo API is its ability to execute authorised SQL queries.

This allows approved integrations to:

Extract precise datasets from one or more tables
Optimise reporting and analytics workloads
Deliver highly flexible integrations without exposing unnecessary data

This approach delivers enterprise-level flexibility while maintaining strict access control and security boundaries.

Integration Options & Data Exchange

Ostendo Continuum is built to connect.

Supported Integration Methods

REST API for real-time system-to-system integration
Web Hooks to record data changes from third-party applications
EDI & eCommerce platform connectivity
Email Services built directly into Ostendo (no third-party dependency)
File Import & Export (CSV, Excel, XML, JSON)
Direct Database Access for BI, reporting, and analytics

These tools enable reliable data exchange with CRM systems, CAD platforms, suppliers, customers, web portals, and IIoT

File-Based Integration & Automation

Ostendo Continuum supports flexible file import and export mechanisms, making it easy to exchange data with external systems that may not support APIs.

Supported formats include:

CSV
Excel
XML
JSON

Automated scheduling enables reliable, repeatable data synchronisation across platforms.

Examples of What Can Be Customised

Custom solutions commonly delivered within Ostendo Continuum include:

eCommerce integrations for customers, pricing, stock, orders, and deposits
Automated alerts and reminders
Custom QA and QC modules
Claims, retention, and compliance management
Product and service configurators
CRM and third-party system integration
Multi-database data synchronisation
Data warehousing and BI consolidation
CAD and spreadsheet job imports
Supplier catalogue automation
Web forms feeding directly into call-centre workflows
IIoT and machine data capture
Secure customer self-service portals

Designed for Integration, Built for Growth

Whether you are streamlining internal processes, integrating external platforms, or building entirely new functionality, Ostendo Continuum ERP customisations and APIs are designed to scale with your organisation.

The result is an ERP platform that evolves with your business — improving efficiency, visibility, and control while protecting your long-term investment.

Customised Developments That Scale With You

No two businesses operate the same way—and Ostendo Continuum is designed to reflect that reality.

From small workflow enhancements to fully integrated industry-specific solutions, Ostendo’s customisation and API framework enables:

Reduced manual handling
Improved visibility and control
Seamless system integration
Long-term scalability

Customisations are not workarounds—they are purpose-built extensions of the ERP platform.