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This report provides a summary view of an auction event's setup and line items and a complete bid history for each of the line items for further analysis of the bidding progress.

This report is generated for the selected auction and can be run during any phase of the auction.

The following is a description of the fields in this report.

Auction Summary

This report section displays information about the auction event setup parameters.

Field

Description

Preview Start

The date on which this auction is visible to suppliers

Pre-bid Start

The date and time when suppliers can enter pre-bids before the auction bidding begins

Bidding Start

The date and time when the auction bidding phase opens

Bidding End

The date and time when the auction bidding phase closes based on the earliest line item close time. If Automatic Early Close is enabled, the auction may close later than the displayed time.

Automatic Early Close

Indicates whether the auction can close after the line item minimum bid duration, if no bids are entered during the inactivity interval

Inactivity Period (minutes)

A period of time preceding the current line item close time when a lack of bid activity will result in the close of line item's bidding phase at the current line item close time

Extension (minutes)

If any bids are received during the inactivity period, the bidding will continue for the defined extension

Staggered Line Items

Indicates whether this auction allows line items to start and/or end at different times

Line Item Detail

This report section provides summary information for each line item in the auction.

Field

Description

Line Item

The line item sequence number

Location

The location associated with this line item

Current Price

The price of this line item based on current contract or market pricing

Target Price

The goal price that you hope to attain through this auction

Leading Price

The best bid among all the bids entered

Savings Percentage

The percentage savings over the current price [(Current Price - Leading Price)/Current Price] * 100

Savings Amount

The amount of savings over the current price [(Current Price - Leading Price) * Requested Quantity]

Bid Count

The number of bids submitted for this line item

Bid Detail

This report section provides a list of bids submitted for each line item. This may include only your bids or other suppliers' bids depending on the event's disclosure rules.

Field

Table

Line Item

The line item sequence number

Bidder

The name of the supplier company that submitted the bid

Rank

The relative supplier rank for a line item. Only the best bid per supplier has an assigned rank.

Bid Quantity

The quantity bid by supplier. This is the same as the requested quantity, except in partial quantity auctions.

Bid Unit Price (Base Currency)

The price bid by the supplier in the auction event's default currency

Bid Unit Price (Bid Currency)

The price bid by the supplier in the default currency, if this is a multicurrency auction

Total Bid Amount (Base Currency)

The extended price shown in the auction event's default currency

Total Bid Amount (Bid Currency)

The extended price shown in the default currency, if this is a multicurrency auction

Date & Time

The date and time that the bid was entered

Bid Comment

Any comment entered with a bid, if bid comments are enabled for the auction type