Close a shift bidding auction

After bids have been approved and no additional bidding is needed, the auction can be closed. Closing the auction removes shifts that have been rewarded from the phantoms in the scheduling calendar.

When you close an auction, you can assign bonus point to employees who submitted bid requests but none were approved. In a future auction, employees with bonus points have an advantage to get their preference.

Procedure

Go to Request Management. Under Schedule Auctions, select Settings.
From the left pane, click an auction.
Click Close Auction.
Click one of the following buttons:
- Close and Assign None Approved Bonus
- Close and without Assigning Approved Bonus
When you close the auction, the system automatically deletes phantom schedules that were assigned to employees during the auction. If you locked phantom schedules on the Calendar associated with this auction by selecting the Update Schedule auction setting, the system unlocks the remaining phantom schedules not assigned to employees.