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# Considerations for Activation Limitations

Protect the integrity of your order data with activation limitations for orders and reduction orders.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td>

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              <p>Orders are available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>,
                <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions
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              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Reduction
                orders are available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>,
                and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d36599e91 ">To activate orders:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d36599e91 ">Activate Orders</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d36599e91 ">To deactivate orders and reduction orders:</td>

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- You can activate orders for active contracts but not for inactive contracts.
- You can activate orders only if they include order products.
- You can activate reduction orders for order products only if they result in positive quantities.
- After you activate an order or reduction order, you can modify order products. You can’t add or remove them.
- Before you can deactivate an order that has reduction orders, you must deactivate and delete its reduction orders.

#### See Also

- [Orders](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.order_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use orders to track your customers’ requests for products and services.")
- [Reduction Orders](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.orderreduction_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use reduction orders to track requests to reduce, return, deactivate, or disable a customer’s products or services.")