Reset Auction Dates

The Reset Auction function allows auction managers to reuse an Auction by simply redefining the effective date people bid for in the Manage Bidding area.

For example, January 1, 2014 is a Wednesday and January 1, 2015 is a Thursday. Technically, the same month and day, but different day of the week and year. The application accepts two dynamic date formats: the preferred ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD, and EN_US format MM/DD/YYYY for backward compatibility. This means if you enter September 11, 2017 as 11/09/2017 - the application will read as November 11, 2017. Localization of Dynamic Dates is not supported.

Reset Auction Checklist
  • Insert New Effective Date to redefine auction item dates for the new auction.
  • Remove previous bid records to clear all previous auction records.
  • Recreate the list of bidders to reflect personnel assignment and profile changes.

To change the effective date of all the auction items in Bidding:

  1. Go to the Manage area of the applicable Auction.
  2. Click Auction to show the Reset auction... option.
  3. Click Reset Auction....
  4. Select Set a new Effective Date. Enter the date in the menu box provided.
  5. Select Reset Formula-ID based names.
  6. Click OK.
  • Remove the previous auction’s bids and award status. See Remove Bids, Wins, and Award Status topic for more information.
  • Recreate the list of bidders. See Recreate the List of Bidders topic for more information.
Parent topic: Manage Bidding