My Bid Options columns for non-grouped bid options

When submitting multiple, non-grouped shift Work period in WFM that has a definite length. bid requests for the Full Schedule Period auction, specific columns are displayed that describe the shift templates available for selection.

Column

Description

Template Name

Name of the shift template.

Description

Optional. Provides additional information about the template when this feature is set up.

Preference

Value that defines the user's preference or priority for the shift bid.

When a preference is entered, the schedule is selected for a bid. 1 indicates the highest ranked schedule, 2 indicates the second highest ranked schedule, and so on. When more than one bid has the same preference number, the bids have equal preference.

After a bid is submitted and the status is Pending or Escalated, the preference number can be changed, saved, and resubmitted. (The status can be viewed on the My Requests page.)

Status

Indicates the status of the preference for the shift bid.

  • Pending: Bid preference has been submitted.

  • Saved: Bid preference has been saved, but not submitted.

  • Edited, Saved: Bid preference was previously submitted, but has been changed and saved. The new bid preference has not yet been submitted.

  • Denied: The bid preference was submitted and denied. The preference cannot be changed. (The status can be viewed on the Employee Requests page and the My Requests page.)

  • (No status shown): A status in not available when the bid preference has been entered, but has not been saved. The preference can be changed.

Available

Number of instances of the template that have not yet been bid on.

Submitted

Number of bids submitted.

Bonus

Bonus points awarded for working this shift/schedule.

Paid Hours

Total number of paid hours in the template.

(remaining columns)

Starting with the current day, shows the shift start and ending times for each day.

Submit a single shift bid request for a Combination of Individual Shifts auction

Submit multiple, non-grouped shift bids for a Full Schedule Period auction