Create an order for a customer using Partner Center APIs

Applies to: Partner Center | Partner Center operated by 21Vianet | Partner Center for Microsoft Cloud for US Government

Creating an order for Azure reserved VM instance products applies only to:

  • Partner Center

For info about what is currently available to sell, see Partner offers in the Cloud Solution Provider program.

Prerequisites

  • Credentials as described in Partner Center authentication. This scenario supports authentication with both standalone App and App+User credentials.

  • A customer ID (customer-tenant-id). If you don't know the customer's ID, you can look it up in Partner Center by selecting the Customers workspace, then the customer from the customer list, then Account. On the customer's Account page, look for the Microsoft ID in the Customer Account Info section. The Microsoft ID is the same as the customer ID (customer-tenant-id).

  • An offer identifier.

C#

To create an order for a customer:

  1. Instantiate an Order object and set the ReferenceCustomerID property to the customer ID to record the customer.

  2. Create a list of OrderLineItem objects, and assign the list to the order's LineItems property. Each order line item contains the purchase information for one offer. You must have at least one order line item.

  3. Obtain an interface to order operations. First, call the IAggregatePartner.Customers.ById method with the customer ID to identify the customer. Next, retrieve the interface from the Orders property.

  4. Call the Create or CreateAsync method and pass in the Order object.

  5. To complete attestation and include additional resellers, see the following sample Request and Response Samples:

Request example

{
    "PartnerOnRecordAttestationAccepted":true, 
    "lineItems": [
        {
            "offerId": "CFQ7TTC0LH0Z:0001:CFQ7TTC0K18P",
            "quantity": 1,
            "lineItemNumber": 0,
            "PartnerIdOnRecord": "873452",
            "AdditionalPartnerIdsOnRecord":["4847383","873452"]
        }
    ],
    "billingCycle": "monthly"
}

Response example

{
    "id": "5cf72f146967",
    "alternateId": "5cf72f146967",
    "referenceCustomerId": "f81d98dd-c2f4-499e-a194-5619e260344e",
    "billingCycle": "monthly",
    "currencyCode": "USD",
    "currencySymbol": "$",
    "lineItems": [
        {
            "lineItemNumber": 0,
            "offerId": "CFQ7TTC0LH0Z:0001:CFQ7TTC0K18P",
            "subscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
            "termDuration": "P1M",
            "transactionType": "New",
            "friendlyName": "AI Builder Capacity add-on",
            "quantity": 1,
            "partnerIdOnRecord": "873452",
            "additionalPartnerIdsOnRecord": [
                "4847383",
                "873452"
            ],
            "links": {
                "product": {
                    "uri": "/products/CFQ7TTC0LH0Z?country=US",
                    "method": "GET",
                    "headers": []
                },
                "sku": {
                    "uri": "/products/CFQ7TTC0LH0Z/skus/0001?country=US",
                    "method": "GET",
                    "headers": []
                },
                "availability": {
                    "uri": "/products/CFQ7TTC0LH0Z/skus/0001/availabilities/CFQ7TTC0K18P?country=US",
                    "method": "GET",
                    "headers": []
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "creationDate": "2021-08-17T18:13:11.3122226Z",
    "status": "pending",
    "transactionType": "UserPurchase",
    "links": {
        "self": {
            "uri": "/customers/f81d98dd-c2f4-499e-a194-5619e260344e/orders/5cf72f146967",
            "method": "GET",
            "headers": []
        },
        "provisioningStatus": {
            "uri": "/customers/f81d98dd-c2f4-499e-a194-5619e260344e/orders/5cf72f146967/provisioningstatus",
            "method": "GET",
            "headers": []
        },
        "patchOperation": {
            "uri": "/customers/f81d98dd-c2f4-499e-a194-5619e260344e/orders/5cf72f146967",
            "method": "PATCH",
            "headers": []
        }
    },
    "client": {},
    "attributes": {
        "objectType": "Order"
    }
}

IAggregatePartner partnerOperations;
string customerId;
string offerId;

var order = new Order()
{
    ReferenceCustomerId = customerId,
    LineItems = new List<OrderLineItem>()
    {
        new OrderLineItem()
        {
            OfferId = offerId,
            FriendlyName = "new offer purchase",
            Quantity = 1,
            ProvisioningContext = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                { "subscriptionId", "bbbb1b1b-cc2c-dd3d-ee4e-ffffff5f5f5f" },
                { "scope", "shared" },
                { "duration", "3Years" }
            }
        }
    }
};

var createdOrder = partnerOperations.Customers.ById(customerId).Orders.Create(order);

Sample: Console test app. Project: Partner Center SDK Samples Class: CreateOrder.cs

REST request

Request syntax

Method Request URI
POST {baseURL}/v1/customers/{customer-id}/orders HTTP/1.1

URI parameters

Use the following path parameter to identify the customer.

Name Type Required Description
customer-id string Yes A GUID formatted customer-id that identifies the customer.

Request headers

For more information, see Partner Center REST headers.

Request body

Order

This table describes the Order properties in the request body.

Property Type Required Description
id string No An order identifier that is supplied upon successful creation of the order.
referenceCustomerId string No The customer identifier.
billingCycle string No Indicates the frequency with which the partner is billed for this order. Supported values are the member names found in BillingCycleType. The default is "Monthly" or "OneTime" at order creation. This field is applied upon successful creation of the order.
lineItems array of OrderLineItem resources Yes An itemized list of the offers the customer is purchasing including the quantity.
currencyCode string No Read-only. The currency used when placing the order. Applied upon successful creation of the order.
creationDate datetime No Read-only. The date the order was created, in date-time format. Applied upon successful creation of the order.
status string No Read-only. The status of the order. Supported values are the member names found in OrderStatus.
links OrderLinks No The resource links corresponding to the Order.
attributes ResourceAttributes No The metadata attributes corresponding to the Order.
PartnerOnRecordAttestationAccepted Boolean Yes Confirms Attestation completion

OrderLineItem

This table describes the OrderLineItem properties in the request body.

Note

The partnerIdOnRecord should only be provided when an indirect provider places an order on behalf of an indirect reseller. It's used to store the PartnerID of the indirect reseller only (never the ID of the indirect provider).

Name Type Required Description
lineItemNumber int Yes Each line item in the collection gets a unique line number, counting up from 0 to count-1.
offerId string Yes The offer identifier. Ensure availabilty of the offer is for the correct segment.
subscriptionId string No The subscription identifier.
parentSubscriptionId string No Optional. The ID of the parent subscription in an add-on offer. Applies to PATCH only.
friendlyName string No Optional. The friendly name for the subscription defined by the partner to help disambiguate.
quantity int Yes The number of licenses for a license-based subscription.
customTermEndDate DateTime No The end date of the first billing term of the new subscription.
partnerIdOnRecord string No When an indirect provider places an order on behalf of an indirect reseller, populate this field with the PartnerID of the indirect reseller only (never the ID of the indirect provider). This ensures proper accounting for incentives.
provisioningContext Dictionary<string, string> No Information required for provisioning for some items in the catalog. The provisioningVariables property in a SKU indicates which properties are required for specific items in the catalog.
links OrderLineItemLinks No Read-only. The resource links corresponding to the Order line item.
attributes ResourceAttributes No The metadata attributes corresponding to the OrderLineItem.
renewsTo Array of objects No An array of RenewsTo resources.
AttestationAccepted bool No Indicates agreement to offer or sku conditions. Required only for offers or skus where SkuAttestationProperties or OfferAttestationProperties enforceAttestation is True.
AdditionalPartnerIdsOnRecord String No When an indirect provider places an order on behalf of an indirect reseller, populate this field with the PartnerID of the Additional indirect reseller only (never the ID of the indirect provider). Incentives aren't applicable for these additional resellers. Only a maximum of 5 Indirect Resellers can be entered. This is only applicable partners transacting within EU / EFTA countries/regions.
RenewsTo

This table describes the RenewsTo properties in the request body.

Property Type Required Description
termDuration string No An ISO 8601 representation of the renewal term's duration. The current supported values are P1M (1 month) and P1Y (1 year).

Request example

POST https://api.partnercenter.microsoft.com/v1/customers/b0d70a69-4c42-4b27-b17b-91a835d8686a/orders HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Host: api.partnercenter.microsoft.com
Content-Length: 691
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "BillingCycle": "one_time",
  "CurrencyCode": "USD",
  "LineItems": [
    {
      "LineItemNumber": 0,
      "ProvisioningContext": {
        "subscriptionId": "cccc2c2c-dd3d-ee4e-ff5f-aaaaaa6a6a6a",
        "scope": "shared",
        "duration": "1Year"
      },
      "OfferId": "DZH318Z0BQ4B:0047:DZH318Z0DSM8",
      "FriendlyName": "A_sample_Azure_RI",
      "Quantity": 1
    }
  ]
}

REST response

If successful, the method returns an Order resource in the response body.

If the order contains one or more subscriptions, respective subscription ID values will only appear in the REST response if the corresponding subscriptions have been provisioned at the time of the API call. Provisioning subscriptions occurs asynchronously, and therefore, subscription ID values might not always be visible in the REST response of the Create Order call. However, once the respective subscriptions have been provisioned, their subscription ID values can be accessed through Get Orders and Get Order by ID API calls.

Response success and error codes

Each response comes with an HTTP status code that indicates success or failure and additional debugging information. Use a network trace tool to read this code, error type, and additional parameters. For the full list, see Partner Center error codes.

Response example

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Length: 788
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
MS-CorrelationId: aaaa0000-bb11-2222-33cc-444444dddddd
MS-RequestId: 025f4c19-217f-49d6-a056-391902c62fb3
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:30:02 GMT

{
  "id": "Cs_jyTxubLpvdJXdo8xcQZN6I2RsLrgZ1",
  "referenceCustomerId": "b0d70a69-4c42-4b27-b17b-91a835d8686a",
  "billingCycle": "one_time",
  "currencyCode": "USD",
  "lineItems": [
    {
        "lineItemNumber": 0,
        "offerId": "84A03D81-6B37-4D66-8D4A-FAEA24541538",
        "friendlyName": "A_sample_Azure_RI",
        "quantity": 1,
        "links": {
            "sku": {
                "uri": "/products/DZH318Z0BQ4B/skus/0047?country=US",
                "method": "GET",
                "headers": []
            }
        }
    } ],
    "creationDate": "2018-03-15T22:30:02.085152Z",
    "status": "pending",
    "links": {
        "provisioningStatus": {
            "uri": "/customers/b0d70a69-4c42-4b27-b17b-91a835d8686a/orders/Cs_jyTxubLpvdJXdo8xcQZN6I2RsLrgZ1/provisioningstatus",
            "method": "GET",
            "headers": []
        },
        "self": {
            "uri": "/customers/b0d70a69-4c42-4b27-b17b-91a835d8686a/orders/Cs_jyTxubLpvdJXdo8xcQZN6I2RsLrgZ1",
            "method": "GET",
            "headers": []
        }
    },
    "attributes": {
        "objectType": "Order"
    }
}