You connect Oracle Aconex and Bentley ProjectWise with an integration that moves documents, revisions and attributes between an Aconex project and a ProjectWise datasource on rules you configure. CDE Sync™ connects both platforms through dedicated accounts, maps ProjectWise attributes to Aconex register fields and back, and logs every transfer for audit.
Why Aconex and ProjectWise end up side by side
Both platforms are common on large infrastructure programmes, and they often belong to different parties. An engineering consultancy may hold its design estate in ProjectWise while the owner runs Aconex as the controlled project platform. Equally, an owner may use ProjectWise for its asset records while a delivery partner uses Aconex for correspondence and submissions.
Moving documents between them by hand means exporting from one, renumbering, re-entering attributes and uploading into the other. Every transfer is an opportunity to lose a revision or mis-key a status, and on a long programme the effort adds up to a significant share of document control time.
What carries across
ProjectWise organises content in datasources and folders with environment attributes. Aconex uses a document register with configurable fields. CDE Sync™ maps between the two so that document numbers, revisions, statuses, disciplines and types arrive correctly in the receiving platform. Version history is kept consistent, and the audit log records what moved, when and under which rule.
The integration can run one way, such as consultant issues from ProjectWise into the owner's Aconex, or both ways so reviewed documents return to ProjectWise with their outcome.
How to connect Aconex and ProjectWise, step by step
Agree the exchange with both parties: document types, folders, direction and frequency.
Collect the Aconex register configuration and the ProjectWise environment attributes in use.
Request an Aconex integration user and a ProjectWise service account.
Connect both platforms in the CDE Sync™ wizard.
Select the ProjectWise folders and Aconex document types, and map attributes to register fields.
Run a pilot on a small batch of documents and review the results with both document control teams.
Set the schedule and move routine monitoring to document control.
Vendor tools and a vendor-neutral connection
Bentley's integration platform, Bentley Enterprise Connection Services (BECS), is presented by Bentley as linking Bentley engineering products with enterprise systems such as SAP and Maximo. An Aconex and ProjectWise connection crosses two vendors' CDEs, which is the work CDE Sync™ was built for. It connects both platforms on equal terms and adds others, such as Autodesk Forma or SharePoint, to the same configuration when the project needs them. Read enterprise connection services for CDEs for the wider evaluation.
Planning the first exchange
A short planning session with both document control teams avoids most problems. Bring the Aconex register configuration, the ProjectWise attribute list and a sample of real documents from each side. Walk through how a typical document should look once it arrives, field by field, and note any values that need translating. Agree which ProjectWise workflow states mean a document is ready to send, and which Aconex statuses should flow back. Decide who receives notifications if a transfer fails a validation rule. With that agreed, the configuration in CDE Sync™ usually takes less time than the meeting, and the first pilot exchange tends to confirm the plan rather than reveal gaps. It also gives both parties a shared record of what was agreed.
Security and residency
CDE Sync™ streams files directly between Aconex and ProjectWise without storing them. Data is encrypted in transit and processed in the Azure region you choose, which supports projects with data residency or SOCI obligations. Utopia Digital holds SOC 2 Type II and Cyber Essentials. See the Security Trust Portal and the global data region map.
Aconex, ProjectWise and the Utopiaverse™
Connecting Aconex and ProjectWise adds both platforms to the Utopiaverse™, Utopia Digital's connected record across every CDE. CDE Sync™ keeps them aligned, CDE Backup™ keeps an independent copy in your own Azure, CDE Migrate™ handles platform changes and CDE Archive™ captures the record at completion. AI Insights then searches across Aconex and ProjectWise content together. The Aconex and ProjectWise integration pages have more, and How Do I Connect Aconex and Autodesk Forma? covers a related pattern.
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