Upgrade‑Safe ERP Overlay Extensions (EOX)
9/10
Demand Score
Teams need new fields/flows now but can’t risk core modifications that jeopardize upgrades and compliance.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-15k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Reliance on third-party apps:
Competitor Landscape
- SAP BTP
- Oracle Visual Builder
- Microsoft Power Platform
- Mendix
- OutSystems
Must-Have Features for MVP
GraphQL facade with per-tenant schema stitching
Serverless overlay functions with policy-guarded write-backs
Overlay data store with referential links to ERP keys
UI micro-frontend injection kit for Fiori/ADF/Model-Driven Apps
Diff-aware codegen for ABAP wrappers, OData, REST
Feature flags and per-role rollout of customizations
Upgrade impact analyzer for overlays vs ERP release notes
Audit trails and SoD-aware approval of overlay changes
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Single sign-on and embedding across ERP UIs
- Performance of overlay functions on high-throughput objects
- Mapping overlay data model to ERP-specific constraints
- Governance for write-back operations
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Delivery of new features without any ERP core mods
- Time-to-change measured in days not months
- Zero upgrade breakages from overlays across major ERP updates
- Positive end-user adoption of embedded panels
Ready to Build This?
This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.