--- title: "Connect PPM Express and Upsales - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Add order\" in Upsales, or \"New Activity\" in Upsales to \"Create Project Task\" in PPM Express." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-upsales" --- # Connect PPM Express and Upsales When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), your agent runs **Add order** in [Upsales](https://apiant.ai/connections/upsales), or **New Activity** in Upsales to **Create Project Task** in PPM Express. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **9** actions Upsales **6** triggers Upsales **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PPM Express and Upsales to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What PPM Express and Upsales can do together ### From PPM Express to Upsales - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Add order** in Upsales - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Create Contact** in Upsales ### From Upsales to PPM Express - When **New Activity** in Upsales then **Create Project Task** in PPM Express - When **New Appointment** in Upsales then **Update Project Task** in PPM Express Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with PPM Express and Upsales ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 21 actions - Trigger **Idea Created** Triggers when a Idea is created. - Trigger **Key Date Created** Triggers when a Key Date is created. - Trigger **Key Date Updated** Triggers when a Key Date is updated. - Trigger **Project Created** Triggers when a Project is created. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a Project is updated. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a Task is created. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a Task is deleted. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a Task is updated. - Action **Create Idea** Creates a new idea in PPM Express, optionally under a challenge, with its name, description and any other idea fields. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in PPM Express with the field values you supply, such as name, description, manager, program and portfolio. - Action **Create Project Key Date** Creates a key date (milestone) on a PPM Express project and returns the new key date. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task in a PPM Express project with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Idea** Updates the field values of an existing idea in PPM Express and returns the updated idea. - Action **Update Project** Updates the fields of an existing project, including custom fields, and returns the updated project. - Action **Update Project Key Date** Updates the field values of an existing key date in a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project Task** Updates field values on an existing task in a PPM Express project and returns the updated task. - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity (to-do or phone call) is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggers when a new appointment is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity (an open order with probability between 1 and 99) is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order (a won deal at 100% probability) is created in Upsales. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in Upsales for a company, with its stage, owner and product rows. - Action **Add product** Creates a new product in Upsales, optionally with per-currency prices or as a bundle of other products. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact person in Upsales, linked to a company. - Action **Delete company** Deletes a company in Upsales. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact in Upsales. - Action **Find a Company** Finds companies in Upsales by name and returns the matching companies. - Action **Find a Contact** Finds contacts in Upsales by email address or name. - Action **Find opportunities by criteria** Returns open opportunities (probability 1-99) matching the given description, company, stage, owner or contact. - Action **Find orders by criteria** Finds won orders in Upsales matching a description, company, stage, owner or contact. - Action **Find products by criteria** Finds products in Upsales matching a name, article number, category or active status. - Action **Update opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in Upsales, such as its stage, probability, close date, products or custom fields. - Action **Update order** Updates an existing order in Upsales — its description, date, owner, company, stage, probability, order rows and custom fields. ## Each app on its own - [ **PPM Express** PPM Express is Product Portfolio Management platform to easily integrate and orchestrate your existing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express) - [ **Upsales** The revenue engine for fast-growing businesses. You need to move fast and sell more.](https://apiant.ai/connections/upsales) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PPM Express - [ **PPM Express to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-salesforce) - [ **PPM Express to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-slack) - [ **PPM Express to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-stripe) - [ **PPM Express to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-shopify) - [ **PPM Express to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PPM Express to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-trello) ## More into Upsales - [ **HubSpot to Upsales** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-upsales) - [ **Salesforce to Upsales** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-upsales) - [ **Slack to Upsales** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-upsales) - [ **Google Sheets to Upsales** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-upsales) - [ **Gmail to Upsales** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-upsales) - [ **Google Calendar to Upsales** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-upsales) Questions ## PPM Express and Upsales, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PPM Express? Any of PPM Express's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Idea Created, Key Date Created, Key Date Updated and Project Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Upsales when something happens in PPM Express? Any of Upsales's 12 actions, including Create Contact, Update opportunity, Update order and Add order. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Upsales to PPM Express? Yes. When something happens in Upsales, your agent can act in PPM Express too. This page covers both directions: Upsales's triggers and PPM Express's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PPM Express or Upsales? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use PPM Express and Upsales without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.