Status

Status Tab

The Status screen is used to preset the Sales Order Status. If not set, the Sales Orders will be created with a Status of 1.

The following table outlines the prompts/options available when accessing this screen:

Force Orders to Status 8 (Except if Backorder/Forward marked below)

Select to force the Sales Order to a Status 8 (Ready to Invoice). this facility cannot be used if the options below are used.

Backorders
Set order to status 2 for complete Backorders	If this option is selected, orders where ALL product is on backorder will be set directly to Status 2.
If above option is selected, orders where ALL product is on backorder will be set directly to status 2.

Forward Orders
Number of Days for Forward Order	If the ship date exceeds the entered number of days into the future, the Sales Order will be created as a Forward Order. Enter the number of days in the box.
If ship date exceeds the above number of days into the future, order will be placed as a forward order.
Set orders as Forward Orders	Select this option to set all incoming orders to Forward Orders.