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After a Shopping Cart has been approved, Orders are created (one for each supplier of items in the Shopping Cart,  and sent to the various suppliers.

At any time you can view the progress of orders in the Order Status page.

1. Go to the Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition Home page.
   
   
2. Click Orders in the Check Status menu.

   The browser displays the Order Status page containing:

   • Tabs allowing you to view:
     •  Orders (this page, the default)
     • the Pending Changes page containing Change Requests and Supplier Updates
   • A group of fields used to select the orders to be displayed and their order, by:
     • Entering free-form text, numbers, or wildcard characters
     • Selecting from drop-down menus
   • A list of change documents, information about them, and actions you can perform

Depending or your system role, your may see Orders for one or more Buying Organizations, other users, or just those corresponding to your own Shopping Carts.

Tabs

Select the Orders tab to:

• Create a sorted and filtered list of Orders
• View the Order buyer, supplier, contents, status and other detail
• Perform actions on an order, such as copy, print, check history or receive some or all of its content 

Select the Pending Changes tab to:

• Create a sorted and filtered list of pending Change Requests and Supplier Updates
• View the  buyer, supplier, affected item, cost and status of the change
• Perform actions such as viewing the document, changes requested, print or reject the request

The Orders tab is selected by default when you first open the Order Status page.

Orders List

By default, the list is sorted by Order Date (column number six, in the list of Orders.)  with the most recent Order at the top of the list.

If there are enough Orders for the list to fill several pages, use the VCR-style controls to move forward and backward through the pages.

Use the drop-down menus and text entry boxes, above the list,  to filter the list, and find the Shopping Cart that interests you.

The Order List has 10 columns, as follow:

	Click , to expand the Order to show its contents Click , to close up the Order again
Organization	The Buying Organization to which the creator of the Shopping Cart (from which this  Order was created) belongs.
Order Number	A unique identifier assigned to the Order
Order Name	A combination of the Order's unique identifier and the original Shopping Cart name.
Requester	The buyer's name
Order Date	Date of the buyer's Shopping Cart was approved and Orders created.
Cost	Total Cost (including taxes)
Supplier	The name of the supplier
Status	The Buyer Status, Supplier Status and Transmission Status for the Order.  If the status indicates that changes are pending, click the Pending Changes tab for more information and available actions.
Actions	Icons indicating actions you can perform on the Order.  If you mouse-over an icon, the browser displays a tool tip containing a few words explaining the action represented by the icon. Icons are not displayed if the indicated action is not available.

Order Contents

Click at the right-hand side of any row in the list, to expand the Order and show:

Click , to close up the Order again and hide its contents.

Order Actions

Icons indicate the Actions available to you. These include:

	Duplicate of the contents of this Order and put them into a newly created Shopping Cart. This is displayed in the Shopping Cart page
	Displays details of this Order: Billing and Shipping Addresses, Payment Method, Cost Distribution, etc.
	Display this Order's History Log page containing a log of all actions performed on the Order
	Set-up a printed report on this Order
	Refresh the status information for this Order
	Cancel the selected Order
	Create a Change Request
	View Order Details
	Display the Receive page. This page enables you to receive the items that were ordered
	Display the Receipt History Log for this Order. This page shows items that have been received from this Order and those that are outstanding
	Display the Order Shipping Information page, containing a list of all Advance Ship Notices (ASN) received for items in this Order. You may filter and sort the list, and choose an ASN to view in detail.

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