What is the Exported bit field in the Orders table?

[Mike718NY]

Is the Exported bit field in the Orders table used for anything?
I could really use that field for something else.
Could I safely use it for another purpose?

[Mike718NY]

I can't find any documentation on this. Anyone know what it is?

[nickc]

I've been using to flag orders after they are pushed to my fulfiller. Don't know if Able has ever implemented the field; I'm using an older build. In my world, my app is the only thing that touches it.

[Mike718NY]

Thanks Nick.
Do you think this is related to the Data Port? Where else would an order be "exported" to?

[nickc]

That would be one possibility. I think how I'm using is more likely - the field implies a reason to persist the status; i.e. once an order is exported, you don't want to be able to export it a second time. Dataport is a more generic tool - you might be exporting for reporting purposes, in which case you would want to be able to export an order over and over.

[AbleMods]

Able does not use this field.

I use it in my Quickbooks module to mark which orders have been pushed to Quickbooks.

[Mike718NY]

I wish there were a few more of these "un-used" fields.
It would make customizations a lot easier.
Should add a few more in Products, Orders, and OrderItems.
I guess they are not needed in Products because of custom fields,
but definately in Orders and OrderItems.

[AbleMods]

LineMessage in orderitems is unused.

[Mike718NY]

thanks . . I'll take it!

[AbleMods]

LineMessage in orderitems is unused.

The nice thing about it is it's also in the basket class. That means you can use it pre-checkout to store something and it'll pass unmodified all the way through to the order post-checkout.