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Description

Overview

The Offers 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 Offers to open the Offer page

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Information Summary

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

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THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF COLUMNS IN THE OFFER PAGE

  • Auto Submit mode

    • Current state of autobidder, either ON or OFF

  • Algo Bids

    • When an Algo bid was last modified

    • The health of the last Algo submission

      • How long ago the last Algo Bid was submitted (hidden column)

  • Draft Bids

    • When your Draft bid was last modified

      • NOTE: This will be empty until you “Load into drafts” (see below)

    • The health of the last Manual Submission

      • How long ago the last 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 Offers

    Bids 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

    • 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”

    • 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

    • 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 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 units and services you wish to action

    • Click on an Action button

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    Switch Algo Auto Submit Mode

    Switching the Submit Mode effectively turns the autobidding system ON or OFF

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    • Select the Auto Submit Mode

    • Add Notes (optional)

    • Click Submit

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    Info

    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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    • The validation ‘overriding existing offer’ 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 day is stored. Therefore you cannot have multiple drafts for a day 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’

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    • The validation aims to ensure that the bid will be accepted. ‘Fail’ means that the bid is expected to be rejected.

    • Standard keyboard navigation works throughout the Autobidder, for example

      • TAB through the rebid fields

      • ctrl+ A to select a datetime, then ctrl+C to copy, enter, tab, ctrl+V , this will copy move paste the datetimes

    Actions to a single bid

    All actions to a single bid are performed by clicking on the information of a bid in the Offer table. By convention, all green information can be clicked to access the bid or submission set.

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    Click on any green information to open

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    Note: Check boxes are for Actions to Multiple Bids only

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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).

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    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 edit copy and paste cell values such as,

      • ctrl+C, shift + arrow, ctrl+V and ctrl+D (ctrl+D is the most efficient)

        • 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

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

    • Failed validations are also highlighted in the cell

  • Edit draft bids

    • Open a bid

    either the last algo bid, current draft bid or active acknowledgedbid

  • Open last Submission

    • either the last algo or the last draft (manual) bid

    • NOTE: the last submission is a set of bids submitted together

    • 1. Switch Submit Mode

    Information on the latest of four types of offer are shown in the offer page. Each offer is specific to a settlementdate, a unit and a service. The four offer types are:

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    1 Your Draft offer. These will be blank until you load an offer from one of four sources into your draft offers (see description load into drafts below). You can then edit your draft offer and manually submit it. Last Modified At shows when each Draft offer was last modified. The screenshot shows, 3 minutes ago. Click on this link to open and edit the draft offer. Your draft offer is specific to you and cannot be shared.

    2 Your Last Manual Submission. If there has been no manual submissions then this offer will be blank. Otherwise the Status will show the number of validation steps that has been completed in the submission process. For example the screenshot to the left shows, 5/5 Send to AEMO. Click on this link to access the offers as well as more detail of the success (or failure) of the bid validation. Submitted At shows how long ago you last manually submitted an offer.

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    3 Active Acknowledged Offers shows information on the current (latest) offer acknowledged by AEMO from any source. Acknowledged At (NEM) shows the NEM time when the offer was acknowledged. For example the screenshot shows, 2021-02-08 10:41:28. Click on this link to inspect the offer. Loaded At shows how long ago the acknowledged offer was received by vOffer via AEMO’s eHub-API. Authorised By is who/what submitted the Offer. Reference Id is a label for audit purposes. Status is the bid status (this should always be VALID). Method is how the offer was submitted (FTP or API. vOffer always uses API). Entry Type is either REBID or INITIAL. And Rebid Reason.

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    4 Algo Offers are the latest offers created by an algorithm from vAdvisor. Last Modified At shows how long ago the Offer was last modified by vAdvisor. Note that vAdvisor will continue to reformulate and update optimal offers even when submit mode is OFF and therefore vOffer is not automatically submitting these updated offers.

    2. Submit mode information and status

    Important note: all offers are a function of unit, service and settlement date however submit mode applies for all settlementdates.

    Submit Mode shows whether the automatic submission of vAdvisor bids is ON or OFF. Last Mode Switched At shows when the Submit Mode was last changed. Last Mode Switched By shows the person who made the last change to the submit mode. Last Modified Notes are the notes made by the person who last changed the submit mode.

    ON and OFF defined: The submit mode is independent of the selected settlement date. AUTO means that vOffer is automatically collecting updated offers created by vAdvisor and submitting them to AEMO. MANUAL means that vOffer is not collecting updated offers from vAdvisor.

    3. Initiate Actions

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    Important note: You must first select a set of offers to action.

    Click on any of the three actions.

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    Load into drafts will open a curtain from which you may copy offers into your draft offers from any of the following four sources:

    predefined templates, algo, draft from another settlement date, or latest acknowledged.

    Prepare to submit drafts will open a curtain from which you complete the bid submission process.

    Switch submit mode will open a curtain from which you change the submit mode status from MANUAL to AUTO or vice versa.

    Load into drafts from the following four offer sources

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    Load into drafts from Templates:

    Current shows the time since the draft was last updated. Load from shows the time since the template was last updated. Validation in this instance warns that you are about to override an existing draft offer. Click Load to upload the template to your draft offer.

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    Load into drafts from Acknowledged, Algo or Draft offers:

    Normally you would select the latest offer from the current day however you may select a settlement date from which to load the last offer. The process is the same for loading from Acknowledged, Algo or Draft offers.

    Prepare to submit drafts

    Prepare to submit drafts will allow you to complete the submit process for the selected draft offers.

    IMPORTANT: SUBMIT MODE MUST BE MANUAL to be able to manually submit an offer from vOffer.

    Switch submit mode will allow you to change the submit mode (from Manual to Auto and vice versa) for the selected offers.

    a. Load into Drafts

    b. Prepare to Submit Drafts

    c. Switch Submit Mode

    4. Edit Draft Offers

    Switch the submit mode to AUTO or MANUAL

    Submit mode summary

    AUTO means that vOffer is automatically submitting offers as they are updated by vAdvisor. MANUAL means that the automated submission is switched off and bids may be manually edited and submitted using either vOffer or a third party bidding system. Note that offers cannot be manually submitted if submit mode is AUTO.

    Changing submit mode (REFER TO BID-1145 AS I RECKON WE SHOULD CHANGE THE SWITCH LOGIC)

  • Select the services for each unit you wish to change.

    1. Selecting a unit will select all of the services for that unit.

  • Click “Switch submit mode”.

    1. A curtain will appear.

    • Show when each offer was updated or acknowledged

    • 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

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