Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

An apparatus for submitting an order for a part in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access via an IETM viewer to technical documentation for an item, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• receive input of a selection of an ordering mechanism associated with the part made by a user signed into the IETM, wherein the selection of the ordering mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the ordering mechanism:
• query a stock identifier based at least in part on a part identifier for the part,
• query data for the part from a remote system based at least in part on the stock identifier,
• retrieve an electronic interactive order form based at least in part on the item,
• auto-populate the electronic interactive order form with the data, and
• dynamically provide the electronic interactive order form via a pop-up window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the electronic interactive order form is configured to allow the user to at least one of edit the data and enter additional data into the electronic interactive order form and the electronic interactive order form provides one or more submit order mechanisms to allow the user to submit the order for the part from the IETM.

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for submitting an order for a part in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access via an IETM viewer to technical documentation for an item, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

• receive input of a selection of an ordering mechanism associated with the part made by a user signed into the IETM, wherein the selection of the ordering mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the ordering mechanism:
• query a stock identifier based at least in part on a part identifier for the part,
• query data for the part from a remote system based at least in part on the stock identifier,
• retrieve an electronic interactive order form based at least in part on the item,
• auto-populate the electronic interactive order form with the data, and
• dynamically provide the electronic interactive order form via a pop-up window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the electronic interactive order form is configured to allow the user to at least one of edit the data and enter additional data into the electronic interactive order form and the electronic interactive order form provides one or more submit order mechanisms to allow the user to submit the order for the part from the IETM.