CREATE BATCH BY DATE

Create your orders batch file based on the date of the order. You specify the beginning and ending date and name the batch, this MIVA Merchant module will do the rest. It finds orders which have not already been batched and that fall within the date range you specified. Many people fill orders from the merchant notification email and infrequently look in the order processing section to review a detail about the order. Hence, they do not bother to batch daily. This module allows you to maintain your batches in a logical, historical manner (e.g. by month), much like the file cabinet in your office without having to run the batch at a specific time or date.

In the compiled version of Merchant (version 4.14 and newer), the module includes a feature that lets you re-batch previously batched orders if their batch has not been deleted. For example, you may batch orders daily. But then at the end of the month, instead of having 30 batches in your order processing tab, you can re-batch all the orders for that month into a single batch. This makes archiving orders convenient.

In Merchant 5, the module includes a table that lists all existing batches and how many orders are in each batch. If you have access to cron on your server, you can automatically create batches any time, day or night.

The build action of this module is run within Admin, under the Store Utilities. Once the batch is created, the Run Report screen pops up. You can run a report then or you can find the batch and run a report later from the order processing section. The batches show up in the standard list of batches under Order Processing.

The module works with both the MMUI and OpenUI and does not require editing of any mv files.

Online overview and initial setup instructions for our MIVA Merchant modules.

Screen shot showing batch naming and date selection

Screen shot showing Run Report screen after the batch is created

Screen shot showing batch list (Merchant 5x)