Multiversion Events

Create multiversion events when you need to make changes to a posted event. Once a new version is created, you can't delete lines or bid factors because bids to the previous version would include those lines and bid factors.

You can create and edit versions of multiversion events. When you are viewing a multiversion event in the Event Workbench component, the system displays the most recent version of the event. The new version of the event must be posted to be available for bidding.

You click the Edit Current Version button to change the most current version of the event and access the Event Details pages in Update/Display mode. This button is available only for multiversion events; it isn't available if the New Event Version Required check box is selected on the Business Unit Definition page, or if the event status is Awarded or Canceled.

You click the Create New Version button to create a new version of an event and access the Events Details page in Add mode. When you click the Create New Version button:

• You create a new version of the event.

• The system increments the version number by one.

• The previous current version of the event becomes read-only upon posting the new version, and you cannot make additional changes to that version.

  Note:

  The previous posted version is available for bidding until a newly created version is posted, not created. So if bidders are bidding on version 1, that is the version on which they have access to bid until version 2 is posted.

• If a new round is created for the event, the system resets the version number to 1.

  The version number is incremented by 1 for the specified round if you modify the event. For example, when you create a new event, it is round 1, version 1. If you change the event and create a new version, then the event is round 1, version 2. If you create a new round, the event is round 2, version 1. If you change the event at this point, the event is round 2, version 2.

• If any scoring-related changes are required, you must create a new round.

If a new version is created for an event with line groups, all of the line group information is copied onto the new version.

Bidder Participation in Multiversion Events

If a new version is created for an event, the bidder's invitations statuses should be carried forward to the new version, meaning that if a bidder accepted on version 1, the system keeps that bidder's status as accepted for version 2. If an invited bidder declined on version 1 but wanted to be kept informed of event updates, the bidder should show declined for version 2 but still receive updates on version 2. If a public bidder who was not explicitly invited to version 1 accepts the event invitation, the bidder should be accepted for version 2.