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title: "Create a shipment"
description: "You can create a shipment in the Sales orders (SO30100S) window for sales orders with the Open status and when there are order lines available for shipping."
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  en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/create-a-shipment/index.md
lastmod: 2026-02-19
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# Create a shipment

Last modified February 19, 2026

> You can create a shipment in the Sales orders (SO30100S) window for sales orders with the Open status and when there are order lines available for shipping.


For more information: [Sales orders (SO30100S)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/sales-orders-so30100s/index.md).

1. Click the **Create shipment** button in the bottom right corner.
1. Does your order contain different warehouses?

    + If yes, in the pop-up window, select which warehouse you want to create the shipment for, and click **Confirm**.
    + If no, go to step 3.
1. Wait for the shipment to be created. **Result** for a successfully created shipment:

    + shipment is added in the **Shipments** tab. There, you can click the shipment number to open the [Shipments (SO302000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/shipments-so302000/index.md) window.
    + order status changes to **Shipping**.



<h2>Related pages</h2><h3>Concepts</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-shipments/about-shipment-processing-options/index.md">About shipment processing options</a></li>
</ul><h3>Tasks</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/create-a-sales-order-new/index.md">Create a sales order (new)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/manage-document-types-and-work-flows/display-profit-and-margin-totals/index.md">Display profit and margin totals</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/salespersons/update-a-column-for-all-order-lines/index.md">Update a column for all order lines</a></li>
</ul><h3>Windows</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/sales-orders-so30100s/index.md">Sales orders (SO30100S)</a></li>
</ul>


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