You connect Oracle Aconex and InEight with a CDE integration that moves documents, revisions, transmittal outcomes and metadata between the two platforms in the direction each party needs. CDE Sync™ links Aconex and InEight through dedicated accounts, maps fields between their schemas and logs every transfer, so owner and delivery teams keep their own platforms while the record stays consistent.
Why Aconex and InEight meet on major projects
Both platforms are common on large capital works. InEight is often chosen by owners and principal contractors on energy, resources and infrastructure programmes, where document control sits alongside cost, schedule and construction management. Aconex is widely used by owners and principals who want a controlled register of documents and correspondence across every party on a project.
When one party runs InEight and the other runs Aconex, every deliverable crosses between them by hand. Documents are exported, renumbered, re-attributed and uploaded, and transmittal responses are copied back. On a programme with thousands of documents a month, this becomes a full-time job for several people and a steady source of mismatched revisions.
What carries across between Aconex and InEight
CDE Sync™ synchronises documents and models with their version history and maps metadata between InEight and the Aconex register. Document number, revision, status, discipline and document type arrive in the form each platform accepts. Review outcomes can flow back so the sending party sees the response in its own platform. Every transfer is logged for audit, which matters on contracts where the submission record is evidence.
The Oracle Aconex and InEight integration pages describe each connector, and CDE Sync for InEight covers InEight in more detail.
How to connect Aconex and InEight, step by step
Agree the exchange: which party submits, which document types move, and what returns.
Collect the Aconex register configuration and InEight's numbering, mandatory fields and transmittal requirements.
Request an Aconex integration user and an InEight service account from each administrator.
Connect both platforms in the CDE Sync™ wizard and choose the folders and document types in scope.
Map metadata and status values between InEight and Aconex, and set the schedule.
Run a pilot exchange and check documents, outcomes and audit entries on both sides.
Extend to further packages or document types once the first exchange is confirmed.
Scaling across packages and partners
Major programmes are rarely one contract. An owner may run InEight across the programme while separate packages are delivered by contractors and joint ventures with their own platforms, some of them on Aconex. Connecting each package through the same tool gives the owner one consistent mapping for every partner, and gives each partner a predictable submission path from the first week.
The same configuration can also connect more than two platforms at once. If a design consultant works in ProjectWise or Autodesk Forma, that platform can join the same exchange without another integration project. Our article on connecting InEight to other CDEs covers multi-party set-ups in more depth.
Day-to-day running is light once the mapping is agreed. Each scheduled run picks up new and changed documents, transfers them with their metadata and records the result. Documents that fail a validation rule on the receiving side are reported to a nominated person rather than lost, and the fix is made in the source platform so the next run succeeds. Because every action is logged, the programme can show auditors and clients exactly what was submitted, when it arrived and what response came back. That evidence is often as valuable as the time saved.
Security for critical infrastructure
Energy, resources and transport programmes often fall under the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act. CDE Sync™ streams files directly between Aconex and InEight without storing them, encrypts data in transit and processes it in the Azure region you choose. Utopia Digital holds SOC 2 Type II and Cyber Essentials. See the Security Trust Portal and the global data region map.
Aconex, InEight and the Utopiaverse™
An Aconex to InEight connection is part of the Utopiaverse™, the connected record Utopia Digital builds across your platforms. CDE Sync™ keeps both aligned during delivery, CDE Backup™ keeps an independent copy in your own Azure, CDE Migrate™ handles moves onto or off either platform, and CDE Archive™ captures the record at completion. AI Insights searches both platforms together, with answers that cite the source documents. See also How Do I Connect Oracle Aconex and ProjectWise? and How Do I Connect Procore and Oracle Aconex?
See Aconex and InEight connected in the monthly live demo, or talk to the team about your programme.
