If you look up an order after you enter it, you'll see "New," "1st Renewal," or "Renewal" in the 'Type' column on the "Order display" lookup screen. What you see depends on whether the order entered was the first order, first renewal order, or a subsequent (second, third, fourth, etc.) renewal order.
The 'General' tab of the "Adjust Order" screen also contains an 'Order type' field. When you adjust an order, you'll see that the 'Order type' field contains "N," "1," or "2" to indicate whether an order is new, a first renewal, or a subsequent (a second, third, fourth, etc.) renewal. If the order is to an audited publication and the subscription is controlled, "N" indicates a new controlled order, "1" a first requalification order, and "2" a subsequent requalification order. (Click here for more information on controlled orders.)
The current order is generally the order for which issues are currently being served. A subscription always has a current order regardless of its status. For example, in the case of an expired subscription, the current order is the last order for which issues were served; it does not matter that the order has a status of "Expired."
A history order is any order prior to the current order. A history order never has an active status.
A future order is a renewal order for which you have not yet begun serving issues. It's any order after the current order. A future order becomes the current order once you begin serving issues from it.
The order currently being billed. QuickFill bills only one order at a time, beginning with the first order in a subscription that has an amount due. It bills the second order only when the first order has been paid for or written off. A subscription only has a billing order if at least one of its orders has an amount due.
Click here for more information on how QuickFill keeps track of orders.