Order Entry

Create and edit sales orders and standing orders. The form is organized into three tabs: Details, Lines, and Charges. The page title displays the document class (Order, Back Order, Packing Slip, or Standing Order) followed by the packing slip number.

Document Types

The available document types when creating a new order depend on user permissions:

Order (O)

Standard sales order. Requires the OE document write permission.

Standing Order (S)

Template for recurring orders. Requires both the OE document write permission and the OE Standing Orders permission.

Back Orders (B) and Packing Slips (P) are created by the system during order processing and cannot be directly inserted.

Header

The header bar displays the document title and, for non-standing orders, the packing slip number as "P/Slip No: [number]". Standing orders do not show a packing slip status.

When viewing a saved order that has been invoiced, and the Invoicing (IN) module is available, the header also shows a "View Invoice" banner link that navigates to the generated invoice.

Details Tab

Details Group

Customer Code

The customer this order is for. Select from the customer lookup.

Name / Currency

Read-only.

Displays the customer name and currency information. Populated from the selected customer's record.

Document Date

The date of the order.

Period ID

The accounting period this order belongs to.

Origination Date

The date the order was originally placed.

Delivery Date

The expected or actual delivery date.

Order No

The customer's order number or purchase order reference.

Packing Slip No

The packing slip number for this order.

Reference Group

Internal Reference

Internal reference code for tracking purposes.

Quotation Reference

Reference to the original quotation if this order was generated from a quote.

Comment

Comment text for the order.

Narration

Free-text narration for the order header.

Custom 1

User-defined custom field.

Custom 2

User-defined custom field.

Analysis Group

Sales Person Code

The salesperson assigned to this order.

Store Person Code

The warehouse or store person handling this order.

Price Code

The price list to apply to this order. Visibility is controlled by the OE Orders Price Lists permission (OE_PERMORDERSPRICELISTS). Only visible if the user has read access to this permission.

Discount Schedule Code

The discount schedule to apply to this order. Visibility is controlled by the OE Orders Discounts permission (OE_PERMORDERSDISCOUNTS). Only visible if the user has read access to this permission.

Category 1

User-defined category for order classification and reporting.

Category 2

User-defined category for order classification and reporting.

Delivery Address

Address

The delivery address for this order. Uses a shared address component. Fields include Delivery Address Code, Address Lines 1-5, Post Code, and Country Code.

Saturn Fields

The following fields are only visible when Saturn multi-branch is enabled:

Branch Code

The branch for this order.

Department Code

The department for this order.

Default Location Code

The default warehouse location applied to new order lines.

Contact

Contact

Select a contact person for this order from the customer's contacts.

Contact Email

Controls whether emails for this order are sent to the selected contact's email address.

Status

Print Status

The printing status of the order.

Post Status

The processing status of the order (OEPostStatus enum). When the order is Unprocessed (U) or Open (O), only the Unprocessed and Open values are available for selection. Other statuses become available as the order progresses through processing.

Lines Tab

Order Lines Grid

An editable grid for entering order line items. Each line includes fields from the OEOrder/Line metadata. The grid supports a narrative editor for text fields. The line Location Code (Saturn) only offers locations flagged as sell-from. Key quantity fields per line:

  • Quantity Ordered - The quantity the customer has ordered
  • Quantity Supplied - The quantity being supplied from stock
  • Quantity Back Ordered - The quantity on back order awaiting stock
  • Quantity Invoiced - The quantity already invoiced

When UOM (Unit of Measure) is active, corresponding UOM quantity fields are used: UOMQuantityOrdered, UOMQuantitySupplied, UOMQuantityBackOrdered, UOMQuantityInvoiced.

Grid Toolbar Actions

While editing, the lines grid toolbar provides:

  • Add from list - Bulk-add lines from a saved product list
  • Delete nil lines - Remove all lines with nil quantities
  • Refresh weight and volume - Recalculate the weight and volume totals for the order's lines

Charges Tab

The Charges tab contains three sub-grids:

Charges

Additional charges grid (OEOrder/Charge metadata). Enter extra charges such as freight or handling fees.

Shipper

Shipping information grid (OEOrder/Ship metadata). Enter shipper details, tracking references, and shipping quantities.

Banking

Banking details grid (OEOrder/Banking metadata). Enter payment information such as bank details, media codes, and banking amounts.

Dashboard Widgets

Browse Mode Widgets

Quick Actions

Provides action buttons and print options. Includes Generate Invoice, Quote from Order, Manual Packing Slip, Mark Historic, Mark as Processed, and drill links to the generated invoice or parent order (each shown only where applicable), plus a Print menu (preview, document, label, product labels, confirmation). See Quick Actions Detail below.

Links

View and manage links related to the order.

Related Documents

Navigate the order, its invoices, AR transactions, and back orders.

Tracking

Document line product tracking information.

Memos

View and manage memos related to the order.

Signatures

Capture customer signatures.

Edit/Insert Mode Widgets

Quick Actions

Provides the Reprice action, which reprices the document from the current pricing setup. Available in edit and insert mode.

Document Totals

Displays the calculated total amounts for the order.

Signature

Capture customer signature (edit mode only).

Quantity Availability

Shows quantity availability for the selected product line. Available on the Lines tab only.

Tracking

Product tracking information. Available on the Lines tab and in insert mode.

Quick Actions Detail

Generate Invoice

Visibility

Only visible for Order (O) and Back Order (B) document classes.

Enabled

Enabled when the order is Unprocessed (U) and the user has the OE Orders Generate permission (OE_PERMORDERSGENERATE).

Behavior

Calls the OEOrder GenerateInvoice API action. On success, navigates to the generated invoice in the Invoicing module. If nothing can be generated, displays an informational message. For future-dated orders, the document date and period used for the generated invoice depend on the OE "generate for order date on future orders" setting.

Quote from Order

Quote from Order

Visible for Order (O) and Back Order (B) document classes. Enabled when the user has write permission on Quotes (IN_PERMQUOTES). Creates a new Invoicing quote from the order and navigates to it.

Manual Packing Slip

Manual Packing Slip

Visible for any document class other than Standing Order. Enabled only for a numbered, unprinted (Print Status Unprinted), unposted, non-deleted packing slip. Flips the print status to Manual.

Mark Historic

Mark Historic

Visible only for Standing Order (S). Enabled when the saved order is Unprocessed and the user has Control permission on Standing Orders (OE_PERMSTANDINGORDERS). Archives the standing template.

Mark as Processed

Mark as Processed

Visible for Order (O) and Back Order (B). Enabled when the saved order is Unprocessed (U) and the user has Read permission on the Mark Processed function (OE_PERMORDERSMARKPROCESSED). After a confirmation prompt that lists the outstanding supply and back-order quantities to be zeroed, the order is marked processed (Post Status moves from U to P) and saved.

Drill Navigation

View Invoice

Shown when the order has a generated invoice. Navigates to that invoice.

Parent Order

Shown for Back Order (B) and Packing Slip (P) documents that have a source order. Navigates to the parent order.

Print actions are grouped under a "Print" menu in the Quick Actions widget.

Preview

Open a print preview of the document in a new browser tab. Has no side-effects and only requires the order to not be Deleted (no printing permission needed).

Print Document

Print the order document (label matches the document class title). Requires write access to the OE Tasks Printing permission (OE_PERMTASKSPRINTING). Disabled when order is Deleted.

Print Label

Print a customer label. Requires the OE Labels permission. Disabled when order is Deleted.

Print Product Labels

Print product labels for order lines. Requires the OE Labels permission, the IC module to be available, and the order to have at least one line. Disabled when order is Deleted.

Print Confirmation

Print an order confirmation. Available for Order (O) and Standing Order (S) document classes only. Requires write access to the OE Tasks Printing permission (OE_PERMTASKSPRINTING). Disabled when order is Deleted.