You come here after the vendor product is exposed for sale in the provider marketplace as described in Activating Product Listing.
The product request steps are similar to those you passed as the vendor in Preview the Product, but this time you deal with a real request coming from the provider marketplace.
From the Provider Portal, navigate to the Subscriptions module:
Click the Create Subscription button to launch a subscription wizard.
The wizard will provide an introduction explaining the subscription concept:
Click Next to continue.
The following environment types are available:
Select your environment type and click Next to continue.
Choose a product in the following form:
Click Next to continue.
Select the marketplace with your published product:
Click Next to continue.
Specify the number of reseller tiers that take part in the sales chain:
In this scenario, T1 configuration will be selected. Therefore, the wizard will skip the Step 6 that defines T2 account data.
Click the Next button to continue.
Click New to create a new reseller account:
Randomize data or clear out all fields by using the corresponding buttons.
Specify the reseller data and click Next to continue.
Create a customer account that ordered the product:
As in the previous step, you can clear out or randomize data by clicking the corresponding buttons.
Click Next to continue.
The system will provide random item quantity in the following form:
Edit quantity, add or change provided items by clicking corresponding buttons on the interface.
Click Next to continue.
The system will provide random External ID and External UUID attributes:
If it is necessary, edit or randomize the provided attributes by using the corresponding buttons.
Click Next to continue.
Provide ordering parameters in the following form:
Enable or disable the parameters by using the corresponding switch.
Click Create to finalize your subscription creation.
The system will provide your subscription summary. Review the list of objects created during this process:
Once a fulfillment request is approved, a Provider receives a notification email with a link to this request on the Provider portal. The message looks like this:
PurchaseStatus: Approved
ID: PR-6970-4505-4622-001
Subscription ID: AS-6970-4505-4622
Vendor: ATestCompany
Product: Test001 (PRD-013-767-828)
Created: 6/25/20, 8:03 AM
Completed: 6/26/20, 6:01 AM
Click on the Subscription ID link from the email notification. It will redirect to the Fulfillment request details page on the Provider portal:
Review the fulfillment request details. Make sure that the request status is Approved.
Click on the Subscription ID from the Fulfillment request details screen to access the subscription details:
Make sure that your subscription is Active. Furthermore, this section provides required data for customers, such as a license key.
Therefore, the order flow for the sample product is completed. From this part of the tutorial, you learned how to order a product that is exposed for sale in a marketplace and how the provider and vendor interact in this flow.