> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Purchase Activities Overview

> Purchase Activities record what a customer bought and drive the subscription lifecycle — renewals, cancellations, and membership tracking.

## What This Section Covers

A **Purchase Activity** is the Salesforce record fusionCore creates when an Order is activated. It is the lasting record of what a customer bought, and for subscriptions it drives the whole lifecycle — renewals, cancellations, and the membership details that appear on the Account and Contact.

The Purchase Activity object is `FCORE_PAY__Purchase_Activity__c`. fusionCore uses a record's **Record Type** to tell two kinds apart:

* A **subscription Purchase Activity** has Record Type `FC_Subscription` and is linked to a `Subscription_Plan__c`. It carries start, end, and renewal fields.
* A **miscellaneous Purchase Activity** records a non-subscription purchase. It has no renewal or subscription fields.

<Note>
  A Purchase Activity is created automatically when you activate an Order — by taking a payment or by creating an invoice. You do not create one by hand. Only products with **Purchase Activity Creation** set to **True** generate a Purchase Activity.
</Note>

## Explore the Section

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  <Card title="Subscription Purchase Activities" icon="rotate" href="/end-user-guides/subscriptions/subscription-purchase-activities" arrow="true">
    How subscription Purchase Activities are created, renewed, and cancelled, plus membership tracking and Advanced Joins.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Miscellaneous Purchase Activities" icon="receipt" href="/end-user-guides/orders/purchase-activities/miscellaneous-purchase-activities" arrow="true">
    The record of sale for non-subscription products, used to assign benefits.
  </Card>
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