Add a Bid from the Pairings Screen

You have two options, you can add a bid preference that has the same options as your search or you can add a bid preference with pairing numbers returned from the search results. This topic shows how to add a bid preference using both options.  

You can add bids to your Current, Default or Training bid.

To add an Award of Avoid Bid:

Add a Start Pairings bid group from the Bids screen. See Before You Can Add a Bid for important information before adding a bid from the Search screen.

Select a bid in the Start Pairings bid group. The bid preference selected is highlighted blue. The new bid preference is added below the highlighted bid.

Go to the Pairings screen.

Perform a search using any options you choose (you don't have to perform a search to bid for pairing numbers).

Add a bid preference with search options

If you want to add a bid preference with pairing numbers skip to step 8.

Click on the red plus button beside the grey Award and Avoid buttons in the top menu bar.

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Clicking on the enable bids mode button enables add bids mode and the Award and Avoid buttons beside it. When bids mode is enabled, the red plus inside of the button becomes grey. Also when you enable bids mode a checkbox is displayed beside your search options. The default is disabled, you must click on the check box to add a bid preference that contains the search options. The grey checkmark turns red when enabled.

Click on the checkmark beside the search options displayed.

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Click on the Award button to add an Award Pairings If Average Daily Credit > 003:00 bid preference. A confirmation message, with the bid preference that has been added, is displayed. Read the message to ensure the bid preference you want is added. Click OK to continue.

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Click on the Avoid button to add an Avoid Pairings If Average Daily Credit > 003:00 bid preference. A confirmation message, with the bid preference that has been added, is displayed. Read the message to ensure the bid preference you want is added. Click OK to continue.

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Add a bid preference with pairing numbers

If you haven't performed a search you can start at step 10. Please take note of step 9 if you have performed a search.

Enable add bids mode, see step 4.

Make sure that the checkbox beside the search options is disabled (grey). Click the checkmark beside the search options, if it is enabled (red, see step 5). The checkbox must be disabled, grey to add a bid preference with pairing numbers. If the checkbox is enabled and you select a pairing number the bid with search options will be added.

Click the circle beside a pairing number. You can select one or multiple pairings.

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Click on the Award button to add an Award Pairings if Pairing Numbers XXX bid preference (XXX being the pairing number you selected). A confirmation message, with the bid preference that has been added, is displayed. Read the message to ensure the bid preference you want is added. Click OK to continue.

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Click on the Avoid button to add an Avoid Pairings if Pairing Numbers XXX bid preference (XXX being the pairing number you selected). A confirmation message, with the bid preference that has been added, is displayed. Read the message to ensure the bid preference you want is added. Click OK to continue.

A confirmation message is displayed to let you know that the bid has been added.

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