Manage, Auction Field Descriptions

Field	Description
Start New Turn	Starts a new turn for the auction. Applies to auctions with multiple turns (rounds).
Back to Previous Turn	Rolls back to the previous turn for the auction. Applies to auctions with multiple turns (rounds).
Close or Open an Auction	Opens or closes an auction. Close enables when the auction is open. Open enables when the auction is closed.
Reset Auction	Select this option to reset the auction; and use a previously configured and previously used auction. This setting allows the auction manager to change the auction’s effective date, which if done correctly will change all of the dynamic dates or dynamic conditions to reflect the start of the new auction item’s award date. See Reset Auction topic for more information.
	For example, suppose that you want to reuse this year’s auction for next year, and all of the qualifying rules and auction items are the same except the for the date of the auction items. The effective date controls the start of the first auction item and onwards, so rather than configure a new auction with similar behavior use the effective date to start a new auction with new dates.
Resolve Auction	Resolves a Preference auction, and secures auction items for the winners. The auction manager may resolve the auction using two methods: Resolve Auction... - this is the configured process of letting the auction’s defined Rules determine the winners of the auction items upon clicking the OK button. In this method, the manager only initiates the process, the interface automatically chooses the winners and secures their auction items and creates a win record. Typically a long process and dependent on the number of candidates and bid items to process. Resolve Manually... - allows an auction manager to quickly secure auction items for the next bidder, one bidder at a time using Rules. Resolve Manually... is used for fine-tuning the configuration of a Preference type auction by allowing an auction administrator to resolve one person via Rules at a time, rather than submit the entire auction for processing, review results, revise the configuration, resubmit, wait, and so on.
View Resolve Manager	Provides an interactive user interface to resolve Preference auction items. When an auction is ready to be resolved, the authorize user must click the Submit button. Choices are: Resolve All - resolves the entire auction. Resolve One - resolves the auction for the current turn. Note: The user must have Bidding: By-Pass Manger authority to use this area.
Award Winners	Awards auction items to the winning bidders. Select this option if, the Auction was not configured to automatically award auction items at the time of the bid. The awarding phase will grant the auction item to the winning bidder(s), this means the time-off work code will be visible on the bidder’s calendar and the roster in a time-off auction or the assignment is set for a position type auction.