Hi Susan

Here's the idea that comes to my mind. If an order is shippable, enter the quantities in the Shipped field as well as in the Ordered field, and then post the order as an order, not as an invoice (you can set this to be the default in Profile).

Then you will be able to easily distinguish between shippable orders and back orders. You will also be saving your clerk a step when it comes time to invoice.

I think that the Order Action report can select on back orders that are "unshipped" and ignore back orders that are "to be shipped" and this would simplify your search.

Test this out for a couple of orders and let us know if this helps.

Steve