Hi camltomlin

There is a way to have this accomplished and we have a knowledgebase article on this too. here is the content of the article which gives the steps:

Force Backorder Items to Commit on an Order  

Products

Sage BusinessVision

Description

When entering an order, the order quantity goes to backorder instead of committed. How to force the backorder to commit.

Resolution

In user details, set Automatic order filling to No and save the change. The backorder quantity can now be removed to force the quantity to commit.

To turn automatic order filling off:

1.Login to BusinessVision with a user ID that has access to modify user details.

2.Click Utilities, System Manager, User Details.

3.Select the user ID then click Access tab.

4.Click Order Entry then double-click Options.

5.Change Permissions for Automatic order filling to No.

6.Click Save icon or press CTRL+S to save changes.

The user will now be able to modify backorder quantity to force the quantity to commit.