What is the ProjectVIEW AI API? The ProjectVIEW AI API is the ERP API for AI workloads: standards-based, open APIs and web services that let DANAOS ProjectVIEW AI, and your own AI tools, read and work with ProjectVIEW ERP data. The same integration layer brings in data from third-party systems such as SAP, Oracle, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, BIM models, EDMS, documents and IoT devices. The result is one unified data set, structured by BoQ, WBS and Cost Codes, that AI can reason over. It is built for project-based companies in construction, shipbuilding and repair, marine and offshore, mining and quarrying, and project-based manufacturing, where project data is spread across many systems. Why does AI need an ERP API, not just access to documents? AI is only as good as the data it reads. If cost data is in one system, schedules in another and contracts in a shared drive, an AI model sees fragments. It can produce a confident answer that no one can trace back to a budget line. AI will not fix broken processes. It will amplify them. The API’s job is to give AI structured, current data with its context: which project, which WBS element, which Cost Code, which contract. That is what turns a system of record into a system of intelligence. Which systems can feed ProjectVIEW AI? ProjectVIEW AI works on ProjectVIEW ERP data plus data from third-party systems. Unstructured data is mapped to BoQ, WBS and Cost Codes so it can be analysed alongside the commercial record. Source Typical data How it connects ProjectVIEW ERP BoQ, WBS, Cost Codes, budgets, commitments, actual costs, approvals System of record, native Third-party ERP (SAP, Oracle) Finance, procurement and other enterprise records Third-party ERP integration Primavera P6, Microsoft Project Schedules, activities, dates Native connectors BIM (.ifc) Model elements and quantities Native connector EDMS, documents, email, contracts Unstructured text and files Ingested and mapped to BoQ, WBS and Cost Codes IoT Machinery and site sensor data APIs and web services Integration with 3D and digital-twin environments such as NVIDIA Omniverse is via Web APIs. How is unstructured data mapped to BoQ, WBS and Cost Codes? Most project knowledge sits outside the ERP: in emails, contract documents, site reports and correspondence. ProjectVIEW AI ingests these sources and associates their content with the right project structure. Ingest. Documents, emails, contracts and other files are brought in through the integration layer. Interpret. AI extracts the relevant content, for example a contract clause, a quantity or a delay notice. Associate. The content is linked to BoQ items, WBS elements and Cost Codes. Validate. Anything that changes the ERP record goes through ProjectVIEW ERP validation and authorisation. The ERP remains the authority. AI interprets; ProjectVIEW ERP structures, validates and controls. How does the AI API relate to the ProjectVIEW MCP server? Both give AI access to ProjectVIEW ERP data. They serve different users. ProjectVIEW AI API ProjectVIEW MCP server Who uses it Systems, integrators and IT teams Business users in Claude or ChatGPT What it does Moves data between systems and exposes ERP data to AI workloads Lets an AI assistant query data, build KPIs, run headless operations and build agents Typical result Unified data set across ERP, schedules, BIM, documents and IoT Answers and actions in a conversation Read more about the ProjectVIEW MCP server and the ProjectVIEW ERP API. What can IT teams build with it? The API is designed for teams that want AI to work on complete project data, not on extracts. Typical uses: Feed schedule, BIM and document data into ProjectVIEW AI so forecasts and early warnings consider more than cost data. Keep SAP or Oracle as the corporate finance system while ProjectVIEW AI analyses project performance across both. Bring machinery and IoT data in for analysis of fuel use, idle time and CO₂ per activity. Expose governed ERP data to your own analytics or AI tools. For the IT view of integration, see the IT manager role page. What changes when AI reads one unified data set? Take a simple commercial question: is this project still on margin? The answer needs the budget from the BoQ, commitments from purchase orders and subcontracts, actual costs from finance, progress from the schedule and pending variations from correspondence. If those sit in five systems, the answer takes days and arrives out of date. With the integration layer, ProjectVIEW AI can read all of them against the same WBS and Cost Codes. That is the basis for: Committed cost visible before invoices arrive. See committed cost vs actual cost. Forecast cost at completion that reflects schedule and variation data, not only accounting. Early warnings drawn from documents and site data, not only from the ledger. How is API access governed? API access follows the same governance chain as the rest of ProjectVIEW AI: Identity → Role → Permission → Data → AI → Action. Data is accessed under defined identities and permissions, and AI-driven actions that change the record need human approval. Data is not sent to public consumer AI services. ProjectVIEW AI runs in a private environment, and models retrieve ERP context at inference time, so no retraining of models on client data is required. Frequently asked questions Is the ProjectVIEW API open and standards-based? Yes. ProjectVIEW ERP provides standards-based, open APIs and web services, plus native connectors for Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and BIM. Do we have to replace SAP or Oracle to use ProjectVIEW AI? No. ProjectVIEW ERP integrates with SAP and Oracle, and ProjectVIEW AI can be bought on top of existing systems, as well as with ProjectVIEW ERP or as both together as ProjectVIEW OS. Can ProjectVIEW AI use data from emails and contracts? Yes. Documents, email and contracts can be ingested, and their content is mapped to BoQ, WBS and Cost Codes so it can be analysed with the commercial record. Is our data used to train public AI models? No. Data is not sent to public consumer AI services. Models retrieve ERP context at inference time, so no retraining on your data is required. Want to see how your systems would connect? Book a demo and bring your IT lead. We will walk through the API, native connectors and how ProjectVIEW AI reads data from your current systems. Book a Demo