Default Sales Order Status

We can set sales order status in default for an entire account
Setup> Accounting> Accounting Preference
Under the Order Management tab, there is a field called “Default sales order status” from this field we can set the default sales order status. We can select the default sales order status as Pending fulfillment or Pending Approval.

If we select Pending fulfillment then at the time of creating a sales order it skips the approval process and directly moves to pending fulfillment.

If we select Pending Approval then at the time of creating a sales order the status is shown as pending approval and the user has the Sales Order Approval permission then after saving the record it shows an Approve button. The users with this permission are able to approve the sales order. After approval, the sales order status is changed to Pending Fulfillment.