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Overview

The Bids page is rich in information and it is where most of the user actions are performed including switch submit mode ON/OFF and edit and submit manual bids.

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Click Bids to open the Bid page

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Information Summary

The information in the Bid page applies to each unit and service.

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THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF COLUMNS IN THE Bid PAGE

  • Auto Submit mode

    • Current state of autobidder, either ON or OFF

  • Algo Bids

    • The time since an Algo Bid was Last Modified

    • The Solveid which opens a new page to show the detail of the Algo bid

    • Algo Last Submission

    The submission status

    Page is used:

    1. To initiate an Action on a set of Bids

      1. Switch Algo Auto Submit Mode

      2. Load bids into draft

      3. Submit manual bids

    2. To provide information on the current status of various stages in the bid process.

    3. To access detailed information of each stage of the bid process.

    4. To open, edit and save manual bids.

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    • Click Bids to open the Bid page

    • Select the settlementdate

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    Info

    • Bids last synced shows the time since pdBidr last checked AEMO’s eHub-API for new Acknowledged Bids.

    • Latest AEMO Offer Timestamp shows the timestamp of the latest Acknowledged Bid for the selected settlementdate.

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    • Hover over column headings to display the column meaning

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    Column overview

    There are five broad column categories:

    1. Select to Action is a list of duids and services with check boxes that you select to action.

      1. Actions for selected units and services include switch submit mode and submit manual bids.

    2. Algo Auto Submit provides information on the Submit Mode.

    3. Algo Bids provides information on the latest Algo Bid formulated by pdBidr.

      1. Each Algo Bid is assigned a SolveId by pdBidr.

      2. Your Draft Bids contains the same info as Algo Bids but relates to your manual draft bids.

    4. Algo Last Submission provides information on the Last Algo Bid to be Submitted.

      1. Each Algo Last Submission is assigned a SubmissionId by pdBidr.

      2. Your Last Submission contains the same info as Algo Last Submission but relates to your last manual bid from pdBidr.

    5. Active Acknowledged Bids provides information on the Latest Acknowledged Bid.

      1. Each Active Acknowledged Bid is assigned an AEMO ReferenceId by pdBidr and an AEMO TransactionId by AEMO

    The above columns and associated information and identifiers are part of the process of creating, submitting and acknowledging a bid. This process is visualised in the following flow diagramme.

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    Info

    • Note that the Bid Process Flow Diagramme (above) shows that every acknowledged bid will be visible in pdBidr including bids submitted from third party bidding systems.

    Select to Action

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    • Check a selection of bids, service/duid, that you wish to action.

      • Check the duid to select all services for that duid

      • Check target to select all services and all duids

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    Algo Auto Submit

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    • Mode is the current Auto Submit Mode for submitting Algo Bids for each unit and service.

    • Switched At is how long ago Submit Mode was last Switched by anybody.

    • Switched By is who last Switched Submit Mode.

    • Notes is the notes made by Switched By when they changed Submit Mode. Note that this fields is optional and hence may be empty.

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    Note

    • Submit mode is dateless and therefore switching submit mode will apply to all dates.

    Algo Bids

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    • Modified At is the time since an Algo Bid was last formulated.

    • Solve Id is a unique identifier generated by pdBidr. A Solve Id is assigned to every solve run. The same Solve Id is assigned to each bid for a given solve run.

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    • Click a cell in Modified At to open the latest Algo Bid for a particular unit and service.

    • Click a cell in Solve Id to open the details of the Solve for the latest Algo Bid.

      • Click here to open Solve Id page for detailwhich includes all of the inputs and outputs of the solver as well as the formulated bid and the other bid components (such as the last acknowledged bid used for the late rebidding period).

    Algo Last Submission

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    • Submission Status of the last submitted Algo bid

      • A green tick with 5/5 shows that all validations have passed and the bid was accepted by AEMO

        The time since an Algo Bid was last submitted at

    • Submitted At shows when the last Algo Bid was submitted

    • Submission Id is a unique identifier generated by pdBidr and is assigned to Algo Bids that are submitted, irrespective of whether the bid is acknowledged by AEMO or not.

    • Note: a blank row means no Algo Bid has been submitted for the given settlementdate

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    Your Draft Bids

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    • The time since your Draft Bid was Last Modified

    • NOTE: This cell will be empty until you “Load into drafts”

      (see below)The submission status

    • NOTE: These bids are unique to your login. Another trader will have their own draft bids.

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    • Click a cell in Modified At to open, inspect and edit a draft bid.

    Your Last Submission

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    • The three fields under Your Last Submission are the same as Algo Last Submission (see above) except the information is for your Last (manual) Submission submitted from pdBidr.

      • NOTE: bids from third party systems will not be visible here.

      • NOTE: all fields will be null until you submit a manual bid from pdBidr.

    • The Submission Status of the last submitted Draft (Manual) Bid

      • The time since the last Draft (Manual) Bid was submitted (hidden column)

      • NOTE: This will be empty until you submit a manual bid.

      • This only shows your manual bid information

      Active Acknowledge Bids

    • Submitted At is how long ago you submitted a Manual Bid from pdBidr.

    • Submission Id is a unique identifier generated by pdBidr and is assigned to your manual Bids submitted from pdBidr, irrespective of whether the bid is acknowledged by AEMO or not.

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    Active Acknowledged Bids

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    • AEMO Offer Timestamp is the NEM time when AEMO Acknowledged the current active bid.

      Who

    • Authorised

      the current active bidOther

      By is the system or the person that submitted the Active Acknowledged Bid.

    • Algo Check applies only when the Active Acknowledged Bid is an Algo Bid. FAIL means that the Active Acknowledged Bid is an Algo Bid that has consumed a stale manual bid. If submit mode is ON then pdBidr will shortly resubmit the latest manual bid as an error bid. ery important ill ther information such as Rebid Reason (hidden).

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    Select the settlement date

    Note

    Submit mode is dateless and therefore switching submit mode will apply to all dates.

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    Actions applied to Multiple Bids

    • AEMO Transaction Id is an identifier assigned by AEMO as part of acknowledging a bid.

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    Switch Submit Mode and other multiple bid actions

    There are three actions that may be performed on multiple bids at one time.

    • Switch algo auto submit mode from ON to OFF and vice versa

    • Load other bids into draft bids

      • ‘other bids’ are acknowledged bids, a bid template, algo bid or draft bids (from another date)

    • Submit draft bids

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    • Select the settlementdate, units and services you wish to action

    • Click on an Action button

    Note

    Switching submit mode is dateless therefore it applies for all settlementdates

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    Switch Algo Auto Submit Mode

    Switching the Submit Mode effectively turns Autobidder ON or OFF for all settlementdates

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    • Select the Auto Submit Mode

    • Add Notes (optional)

    • Click Submit

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    The validation warning ‘overriding with same value’ does not prevent you from affecting the action, rather it simply highlights that the action will not change the submit mode of that unit and service. For example switching submit mode from ON to ON will not change the submit mode.

    Load into Drafts

    Your Drafts are the bids that you may edit and submit manually. However before you can edit and submit a manual bid you first must load bids into your drafts. The bids you load into your drafts can be from one of four sources.

    1. A bid template

    2. Acknowledged bids

    3. Algo bids

    4. Draft bids

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    • Select the source

    • Select the date of the source you wish to copy from

      • Note: templates are dateless, rather you select from a list of templates

    • Click Load

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    Info

    • The validation ‘overriding existing Bid’ warns you that you have an existing draft and that it will be replaced with a new draft copied from the selected source.

    • Change status ‘no change’ that there is no bid in the selected source for that unit and service

    Note

    Only the latest draft per settlementdate is stored. Therefore you cannot have multiple drafts for a given settlementdate nor can you go back to an old draft. If you wish to work with multiple drafts you should edit and save them as templates.

    Prepare to submit drafts

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    • Select the ‘submit to date’ - this is the settlementdate of the bid

    • Enter or select the rebid fields

    • Click ‘submit’

    Image RemovedThe validation aims to ensure that the bid will be accepted. ‘Fail’ means that the bid is expected to be rejected.
    Info
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    Open any bid or submission

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    Click on any green information in the Bid page to open either a bid (algo, acknowledged or draft) or the last submission (algo or manual).

    Edit draft bid

    The only bid you may edit is your draft bid. If you would like to edit another bid, for example an algo bid, you must load it into draft first.

    If the settlementdate is today then a draft bid will open on the current dispatch interval. This DI will be grey. The next DI is black text meaning it has yet to be dispatched by AEMO.

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    • Use most standard key strokes to copy and paste cell values such as,

      • ctrl+C, shift + arrow, ctrl+V and ctrl+D

        • However ctrl + shift and page up/down are not supported in this table

    • Drag and drop works:

      • Click, hold and drag to select multiple cells in a row.

      • Click bottom left corner of selected cells, hold, drag down and release to copy to multiple rows.

    Drag and drop sequence.

    This allows you to copy multiple cells in a row to rows underneath and/or above!

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    • Expand pricebands to edit priceband $ values

    • Click ‘save changes’ to save your edits

      • 'unsaved changes' tells you there are edits that have not been saved

    • Click on the duid/service in the left hand navigation to move to another draft bid

    • Hover over chart to display values

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    Click the expand arrows for other bid information

    Info

    • A list of pricebands, unit information, MR price and validations is on the left hand side.

    • Failed validations are also highlighted in Validation list

    Submission Status content

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    Submission Progress shows each stage of the bid submission process and the finish time.

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    • Click on the Status of a Last Submission to view the bid submission info and progress

      • There are two Last Submissions: Algo Last Submission and Your Last Manual Submission

    • If a stage in the Submission Process fails, click ‘logs’ to inspect the reason