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# External Partner Portal

Vintaflow gives supply chain partners a limited, focused view of your data without granting them access to the full application.

## What the Portal Is

The external portal is a stripped-down surface for partners such as freight and logistics providers. It has no sidebar and no account switching - just the screens that partner needs.

Two areas are available:

* **Inventory** - stock levels and forecast for the warehouses the partner is connected to
* **Order Details** - a single order, opened directly by link

## Signing In

External users sign in with the same [login page](https://help.vintaflow.com/en/article/login-and-authentication-1p0wpdy/) as everyone else. Vintaflow routes them to the partner portal automatically based on their user type, so there is nothing extra for them to do.

## Inventory

The portal's inventory screen has two tabs:

### Current Inventory

Shows what is physically in the warehouse now:

* **ID** - inventory record identifier
* **UPC**
* **Product**
* **Variants** - number of variants tracked
* **On Hand** - current quantity

### Forecasted Orders

Shows a rolling **13-week** projection, with one column per week. Use this to see what is coming and plan capacity ahead of time.

### Choosing a Warehouse

Use the warehouse selector at the top of the page to switch between the warehouses the partner has access to. Search, **Filters**, **Export**, and **Refresh** all work as they do elsewhere in Vintaflow.

## Order Details

Partners reach an individual order through a direct link, typically from a notification. The order detail view shows the order summary, its line items, logistics and shipping information, attachments, and history - the same view internal users see, limited to the orders that partner is entitled to.

## Controlling What Partners See

Partner access is granted through your supply chain connections, not by hand-editing each screen. The relevant permissions are:

| Permission | Grants |
|------------|--------|
| **Read Orders** | Visibility of orders on the connection |
| **Read Inventories** | Visibility of inventory levels |
| **Import Orders** | The ability to upload orders |

See [Supply Chain Management](https://help.vintaflow.com/en/article/supply-chain-management-12hfd0p/) for how to set these when approving a connection request.

|| A partner sees only the accounts and warehouses their connection covers. Adding a new warehouse to a connection makes it visible to them immediately.

## Related

* [Supply Chain Management](https://help.vintaflow.com/en/article/supply-chain-management-12hfd0p/) - establishing and permissioning connections
* [Users Management](https://help.vintaflow.com/en/article/users-management-bbd7vy/) - internal versus external users
* [Inventory Management](https://help.vintaflow.com/en/article/inventory-management-eknnwq/) - the full internal inventory view