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# Create an internal purchase order

`sendingStoreUid` is the sender of the internal purchase order.\
`receivingStoreUid` is the receiver of the internal purchase order.\
`creatingStoreUid` is the store that creates the internal purchase order, which can be any of the above or another store.

If the creating store is not the sender, then the sender must confirm the request before the products on the order can be sent.

Required permissions: INTERNAL\_PURCHASE\_ORDER

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