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====== Orders / Order Items ======

For the main explanation of how **Orders** and **Order Items** relate to each other, see [[admin_menu/orders/start#manage_items_vs_manage_orders|Manage Items vs Manage Orders]].

===== How Admin Approval Works =====

{{ :how_this_software_works:how_orders_work:order1.png | List of Orders}}
When you were looking at the orders on the [[admin_menu/orders/manage_orders/start|Orders > Manage Orders]] page and it says "$0 due" and that the order is active, that means payment for the overall order went through.

To see the details of the order, click on the order number.  The order details page will look something like this:

{{ :how_this_software_works:how_orders_work:order2.png |Order Details}}

At the bottom, it gives an "itemized order item view" - you can see all the items in the order.  If you see any that are pending, that means either the containing order is not active (meaning payment has not been received or verified), or the admin needs to approve that order item.

<tip c n>**Note:**  An order can be active, and still have individual "order items" that still need to be reviewed by the admin.  This will happen if you have check the "requires admin approval" box for that "item type" in the [[admin_menu/pricing/price_plans_home/plan_items/start|plan item price plan settings]].</tip>

Ok, so the payment went through (assuming the order is active), but perhaps one of the individual order items listed in the order is shown as "pending".  That means in the price plan settings, you have the [[admin_menu/pricing/price_plans_home/plan_items/start#Require Admin Approval]] checkbox checked, so that it does not automatically go active when the order goes active.  You will need to review that item and approve or decline it.  You can click on the order item to view the details and approve/decline it((As long as the order that the order item is contain in is active.  If the main order is not active, the order items in that order cannot be activated.)).  Another way to see all the pending order items (not just the ones in a certain order), go to the [[admin_menu/orders/manage_items/start|Orders > Manage Items]] page, the default filters are set up to display all pending order items.  

You will see the same pending order item there, you can click on the order item to see more details for that order item.

{{ :how_this_software_works:how_orders_work:order_item1.png |Pending order items}}

Now, if you are asking yourself "why didn't this automatically get approved when the order went active?".  To find out, click on the order item to see the [[admin_menu/orders/manage_items/view_order_item/start|order item details page]], it will look something like below:

{{ :how_this_software_works:how_orders_work:order_item2.png |Order Item Details page}}

The item details page will help you answer why the order item was not auto-approved.  On that page, you will see [[admin_menu/orders/manage_items/view_order_item/start#Price Plan Settings]], where it will display the price plan used (what the arrow is pointing to in the illustration above), and it links directly to the settings where you can review which "plan items" are set to [[admin_menu/pricing/price_plans_home/plan_items/start#Require Admin Approval]].

On that page, you will see that the order item //type// has the [[admin_menu/pricing/price_plans_home/plan_items/start#Require Admin Approval]] selected.  There's the answer to why the order item was not auto-approved when the order went active, because it is set to need admin approval.

{{ :how_this_software_works:how_orders_work:plan_item_settings1.png |Price Plan - Plan Item settings}}

For more details, see [[admin_menu/orders/start#Something Pending in System, Help!]]