Split Dispatch & Backorder

About

This extension allows you to part dispatch orders that have more that one product ordered.  It also allows you to dispatch those items that are in stock leaving the remaining items in a Backorder state. Using a new form, specify the quantity of the of the products that are being shipped and create a dispatch note with quantity details.
When stock arrives, new filters are available on the new "Outstanding Orders" page that allow you to search for orders with the backordered products.

REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES

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This extention is only available for Opencart 3.x
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Download

You can purchase and download this extension at the Opencart Extension Store

A full list of my extensions is availble here: Opencart Market Place

If you find you need to edit any files then I recommend the free Notepad++

New Installation - Opencart 2.3.x and 3.x

1. Go to Extensions -> Installer
2. Upload the relevant (for your opencart version) split_dispatch_v1.3_xxxxx.ocmod.zip file and wait for it to finish.
3. Go to Admin -> Extensions -> Modifcations.
4. Refresh modification cache.
5. Go to Admin -> Extensions -> Extensions, select Modules and install the Split Dispatch Module.
6. Go to Admin -> System -> Users -> User Groups and edit your Admin group. Set access and modify permissions for:
   extension/module/split_dispatch
extension/sale/dispatch 
 extension/sale/sdorder


Using the Extension

Go to the Order list (admin -> sales -> orders).  At the top of the page you should see some new text: Red, part dispatched and Green, completed. There is also a new button named 'Outstanding' - this button will show all outstanding orders.

• Normal orders, those that have not been part dispatched, will be in white.
• Part dispatched orders with more products to ship will be shown in Red.
• Part dispatched orders that have had all products shipped will be in Green.

Click on the view button for an orde: 2* new buttons (top right of page) will be availble to you - Part Dispatch and Set Backorder. (* which buttons are shown is dependant on the dispatch/backorder status of the products in the order, so there may be 2, 1 or no buttons)

Part Dispatch Button

Click on the Part Dispatch button and the Part Dispatch Form will open.

Change the quantities of the products that you are going to ship and then click the Submit button - the Part Dispatch Note will now be shown, print it off and send your goods. When the remainder of the products are available to ship, do this again to complete the order.
Additional boxes of Dispatch Date, Document Number and Notes are availble for use. Note that these are not save but just show on the dispatch note when printed.

Set Backorder Button

Use the Set Backorder button to set all the products in the order to backorder - this sets the shipped quantity for all products to 0 without having to use the Part Dispatch form.  Only use this button if ALL products in the order are backorder/waiting for stock.

Finding an Order

When you have stock availble for shipping, go to to sales > order and click the 'Outstanding' button.  you will see a list of all orders that have products outstanding.
In this screen you have two new filters: Product Name and Model.
Use one of these filters to find orders outstanding for a specific product.
These are Autocomplete fields and will only show product names or models for products that are outstanding.

Customer Account

There will be a new link in the customer account section names "Your Backorders".  If the customer has any orders that have backorder products then the order will show up in a table and the backordered products for each order will be listed.  As the backordered products are dispatached, they will no longer show.

Notes

1. The Part Dispatch button is only available on orders with 2 or more products.
2. The Set Backorder button is availble on order of 1 product or more.
3. The Set Backorder button is removed when one or more products have been previously set to backorder.
4. When a part dispatched order has had all the products shipped, the buttons will no longer be available.
5. When viewing a part dispatched order, the quantity column will show the number of products shipped in brackets eg. 10(7).
6. The order list shows outstanding part dispatched orders in Red and completed part dispatched orders in Green.
7. You can view all outstanding orders by clicking on the 'Outstanding' button at the top of the order list.

Upgrade

1. Go to Extensions -> Installer
2. Upload the relevant (for your opencart version) files split_dispatch_v1.3_xxxxx.ocmod.zip file and wait for it to finish.
3. Go to Admin -> Extensions -> Extensions, select Modules and click on the EDIT button for the Split Dispatch Module - you should then see a message saying the Database has been updated, if it was necessary.

Uninstall

Note: Uninstalling the Split Dispatch module will remove the Split Dispatch tables and you will loose previous data. If you want to keep the data then back up the split_dispatch table first.

1. Go to Admin -> Extensions -> Extensions, select Modules and uninstall the Split Dispatch Module.
2. Go to Extensions -> Installer
3. Delete the split_dispatch_v1.3_xxxxx.ocmod.zipp entry.
4. Go to Admin -> Extensions -> Modifcations.
5. Refresh modification cache.