New Order Tracking via the API

[muhsmann]

I'm wrapping a series of API calls (CreateOrder and SaveOrder) within a web service. What's the best way to track orders that are created through this web service to integrate them into the SP work flows? We need some indication that this order was created outside the SP client.

[John Morris]

One way to accompish this task would be to add a custom field to the order. This field could then be used to track whether or not you created this order via the API or the UI.

[muhsmann]

John - I guess my real concern is identifying these orders in the SP client so they are attended to by a SP user. I don't use SP so I'm not sure what's avaliable to handle this functionality. We thought about using a specific 'status' field and assigning that status to a profile or user or something but that seems a little forced. My hope was that we could use something that was currently available in the SP application that would put these new orders on a profile or user's radar or queue.
Any suggestions?