You create a distribution order when a person or group requests one or more documents.

1. Create a distribution list.
2. Create the distribution order.
3. Create distribution items.
4. Create a transmittal containing distribution items.
5. Issue the transmittal.

Requests for documents can be conveyed in various ways to the person or group responsible for satisfying these requests. Typically a message or instruction is sent requesting that one or more documents be sent to one or more persons for a specific reason.

In all cases, these requests result in a distribution order that captures all these details. These requests are subsequently satisfied by distribution transmittals.