During the BP run-time, the list of available bidders depends on the options set in uDesigner.
- When you do not select set additional filter for a bidder in the RFB BP, and you are in a Shell, then:
If a Line Item type BP of sub-type, "Line item to filter Company BP record" exists and the option of, "Use Master Vendor list filtered at Project level is checked, then the list of vendors will be filtered based on this existing functionality.
- When you select set additional filter for bidder in the RFB BP and you are in a Shell, then:
A filtered list of potential bidders is listed which includes all those bidders referenced by the BP Data Picker and the system ignores the Line Item type BP of sub-type, "Line item to filter Company BP record."
The BP Data Picker:
- Does not need to be populated in the RFB form.
- Value will always be ignored and the system uses the query conditions on the Data Picker to filter the list of vendors.
If no query conditions are defined for the BP Data Picker, then you will see the list of all vendors.
In the uDesigner, you can place the BP Data Picker, in the RFB BP, in a hidden block. If the BP Data Picker is placed in the hidden block, then you can filter the list of vendors through the defined query conditions.