Order Processing
After a user submits an order to your Web site, it is processed by the Commerce Server Order Processing pipeline. The Order Processing pipeline (OPP) divides order processing into stages that describe a category of work. A typical OPP might include a shopper information stage, a payment stage, and a shipping stage. For example, the product description and the shipping address for the user are retrieved from the Commerce Server database, and the amount of tax is computed. The order information and the total price are stored in the Commerce Server database for the order.
You can use Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 and later editions and Business Desk Orders together to process orders that users place on your Commerce Server Web site. For example, your site might offer computer hardware, some of which is manufactured by your company and some of which is supplied to you by trading partners. Using BizTalk Server, you can create a trading agreement for each trading partner who supplies hardware for you to sell. When a user visits your site and places an order for one of the products supplied by a trading partner, Commerce Server processes the order and sends it to BizTalk Server, and then BizTalk Server sends the order to the trading partner to be filled. For more information about integrating BizTalk Server with Business Desk Orders, contact your system administrator.
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