Database Reference

Order Split keeps Magento sales orders unchanged and adds a small registry that records which orders were created from the same checkout.

Relationship Why it matters
sales_order_split_order belongs to one sales_order_split_group Groups all child orders created by the same split operation.
sales_order_split_order points to one sales_order Connects the split registry to the standard Magento order.
sales_order_split_registry_failure stores recovery payloads Keeps the data needed to retry a split whose registry write failed — see Split registry.

Order items, invoices, shipments and payments continue to use Magento's normal sales records. Integrations can use the registry to find related orders without replacing Magento's order model.