There are two ways to search through your orders:
· Look for orders that match certain criteria.
· Look for orders that include certain items.
Whilst viewing the orders, go to 'Edit | Find' or press [Ctrl + F]. This opens the 'Find Orders' window. Within this window, you can enter search criteria relating to:
· Order - Search on order number, status, payment method and highlight colour. Note that when searching on order numbers, you can use '*' as a wildcard to stand for a group of characters (and use '?' to stand for a single character).
· Reports - Search on the status of the reports printed for the orders.
· Dates - Enter a date range to search on. This can be when the order was received, or when the order was shipped.
· Customer - Search on customer details such as name and post code.
Tick the 'Incremental' box to search for orders within the range of the previous find operation. This is useful if you have a large set of orders and need to narrow down the search incrementally.
When you are ready, click 'Find'. The first order that matches the search criteria will be highlighted in the order summary. Press [F3] (or go to 'Edit | Find Next' to find the next order that matches the search criteria.
This feature allows you to search for all orders that contain certain products. This is useful in case you have just received a shipment of a certain product, and so you want to quickly find all orders that are waiting on it.
Go to 'Edit | Find Ordered Products' or press [Ctrl + J] on your keyboard. This opens the 'Find Ordered Products' window. Within this window, you can enter the reference number, or description, of a product, and (optionally) specify a date range for when it was ordered.
When you are ready, click 'Find'.
All the orders that match the criteria are listed in the panel at the bottom of the window. Double-click on a search result to highlight the order in the main order summary. You can also highlight one (or more) results and click 'Print Packing List(s)' or 'Print Invoice(s)' to generate reports for the orders