Cues & Daily Work
The Trading cues answer one question: is anything waiting for me today? Everything that needs attention sits in the upper group; everything that went through, in the lower one.
Every cue is clickable and opens the filtered list behind it.
Needs Attention
| Cue | Meaning | Click opens |
|---|---|---|
| Awaiting Approval | Orders a gate parked | Approval worklist |
| Carts to Confirm | Transmitted orders somebody still has to finish in the supplier portal | the affected runs |
| Invoice Deviations | Supplier invoices above the ordered value, or unmatchable | Invoice check |
| Blocked Today | Runs a gate stopped today | the stopped runs |
| Failed Today | Runs that failed outright | the failed runs |
"Carts to Confirm" is the cue people miss
These orders look finished — the run says Transmitted, there is a purchase order, the supplier received it. But it is only sitting in a cart. Without confirmation in the portal nothing ships.
This affects suppliers without an API checkout (see Supplier Connectors). Trading cannot do it for you, so it counts the cases visibly.
Today
| Cue | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Transmitted | Orders that reached a supplier today |
| Created, Not Sent | Orders created today but not transmitted |
| Committed Today | What Trading committed to suppliers today, at landed cost |
"Created, Not Sent" is normal at the Create Purchase Order level — nothing is transmitted there by design. Under Full Automation, however, any number here is a signal: either the emergency stop is engaged, or the connector cannot transmit.
Committed Today is the number to watch once Full Automation is running. It should match your usual daily volume.
The daily routine
In steady state this takes a few minutes:
- Work through the upper group left to right. All zeros means the day is done
- Awaiting Approval — the approval worklist shows why each entry is waiting. Release or turn down
- Carts to Confirm — finish them in the supplier portal
- Invoice Deviations — the invoice check names the ordered and the invoiced amount
- Blocked Today — usually a gate set too tight, or a data problem at the supplier. The sourcing log names both
When a cue is never zero
| Cue stays high | Likely cause |
|---|---|
| Awaiting Approval | A gate is too tight — usually order value or the daily limit |
| Blocked Today | Offer age below the supplier's import interval, or minimum margin above your actual calculation |
| Carts to Confirm | A supplier without API checkout — only the portal helps here |
| Invoice Deviations | Tolerance too tight for freight and rounding, or the connector reports gross instead of net |
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