The 'Progress and Payments' Tab - Checking The Order Status

To view the details of an order, double-click on it in the order summary (or highlight it and press 'View Order').

The 'Progress and Payments' tab has two purposes:

·      Allowing you to check the progress of the order - see below.

·      Allowing you to view/edit payment information - see Entering/Editing Payments For An Order.

Checking The Progress Of The Order

The progress information about the order is summarised down the right-hand side of the 'Progress And Payments' tab. The fields are explained below:

Field

Meaning

Order:

These fields give a brief overview of the order.

Status

This can either be:

Normal - When an order is first received.

Shipped -When the order lines are marked as shipped (see Marking Order Lines As Shipped) but the order is not complete yet.

Finished - When the order is completed. Order Processing Overview has details on how to complete an order.

Order Total

The current total value of the order. This is taken from the 'Totals' tab - see The 'Totals' Tab - Giving An Order Overview.

Outstanding Balance

The amount of money outstanding. See Entering/Editing Payments For An Order for details on making payments.

Line Item Delivery:

The status of the items in the order.

Status:

This is either:

Pending - Some order lines are still not shipped/cancelled.

Complete - All the order lines are shipped/cancelled.

This will take into account the status of any back-orders.

Total Lines

The total number of order lines.

% Shipped

The percentage of order lines marked as shipped.

% Cancelled

The percentage of order lines marked as cancelled.

%Back Ordered

The percentage of order lines marked as back ordered - see Back-Ordering.

%Pending

The percentage of order lines still outstanding.

In the 'Highlight Colour' field, you can select a colour to highlight the order with in the order summary. See Colour-Coding Orders for more details.