This chapter describes how to set up network ordering. It includes the following sections:

• About Network Ordering
• Process of Defining Network Compound Products
  • Defining Products for the Network
  • Defining Rule Checker Business Services
  • Defining Maximum and Minimum Quantities for Network Components
  • Defining Simple Expression Rules for Compound Products
• Setting Up Premises
• About the Compound Product Validation Engine and the Projected Asset Cache
• Example of Defining Network Compound Products
• Creating Custom Rule Checkers
  • PreValidate Method
  • Validate Method

NOTE:  In addition to the tasks described in this chapter, to set up network ordering, you must activate the appropriate workflows, as described in Activating Workflows for Order Management.