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--- items:item_basics:tab_backorders [2021/10/18 09:50] – Gary Willetts
+++ items:item_basics:tab_backorders [2021/10/18 09:56] (current) – Gary Willetts
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-To add a new backorder for this item, click the **New backorder** button. This window will be shown:
+To add a new backorder for this item, click the **New backorder** button. The same window will be shown but it will be empty, waiting for entry of the details:
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-  * Enter part of the customer name, then press **Tab** to search for the customer.
+  * **Customer:** The customer the back order is for. Type the first few characters of the customer's name, then press the //Tab// key on the keyboard to select from a list of customers with names starting with what you typed.
-  * Enter the order date, quantity and any comment, then click **OK** to save the new backorder entry.
+  * **Order date:** The date the order was made. Set to today's date by default.
+  * **Quantity:** The number of units of the item to put on back order for this cusotmer.
+  * **Comment:** Enter anything you wish to have noted or remembered by the system for this back order.
+Click the **OK** button to save the new backorder.
 To delete a backorder, select the line you wish to delete by clicking on it, then click the **Delete backorder(s)** button. You can also select several at once (using //ctrl/cmd//+//click// and //shift//+//click//) or all the backorders in the list using //ctrl/cmd+a// and delete them at once.
-The total stock on backorder is shown below the list.
+The total stock on backorder for all customers (i.e. the total of the values in the //Quantity// column) is shown below the list.
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