Parts of an order

In Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation, an order can be broken down into an order header level, order line level, and order release level.

An order is made up of order lines. An order line is a line on the order containing information relative to a specific item being ordered.

For example, a Buyer creates an order for three computer monitors, three keyboards, and three printers. When looking at the entire order you are at the order header level. The monitors, keyboards, and printers are the order lines with a quantity of 3 each specified.

Some attributes pertain to both the order header level and order line level. For example:

Some attributes only pertain to the order header level. For example:

Some attributes only pertain to the order line level. For example: