How to add Order Lines to a Sales Container

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can link transfer orders and sales order lines to a container in two ways. You can open the specific order document and enter the container number directly on the line, or you can work from the container itself and fetch the order lines into it.

Both methods produce the same result. They fill in an outbound container code on the sales order line or transfer order line. This container code is the field that ties everything together.

Two ways to assign orders to a container

The first approach is to start from the order. You open the specific transfer order or sales order document and enter the container number on the order line. This is the direct route when you already have the order open in front of you.

The second approach is to start from the container. You create the container and then fetch the relevant order lines into it, pulling each sales order line in. This works well when you are planning the contents of a container and want to gather the right lines together.

You can choose whichever method fits your workflow. You can import order lines from the container you create, or you can push the container code out from each individual sales order line.

What the container code actually does

Regardless of which method you use, the system is doing the same thing under the hood. It fills in a field on the sales order line or transfer order line called the outbound container code.

That outbound container code is what binds the orders and the container together. It is set per order line, so you can assign a container code to each sales order line individually. Once the code is in place, the line is connected to the container.

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