Creating order transaction without specifying amount

[KyleG-Shopify]

Just to close the loop here as these are related threads.

I came up with a great solution here with the orderMarkAsPaid mutation:

Order financial_status still paid after order is cancelled and refunded

Hey @sengming, I realized we overlooked a mutation that might actually simplify this whole process for you! The markOrderAsPaid mutation works great for orders created with orderCreate. Here’s how it functions: you create your order with financialStatus: "PENDING" (no transactions needed), then use markOrderAsPaid which automatically calculates the full outstanding amount and creates proper SALE transactions. When you later cancel with refund: true, it correctly processes the refund and updates…