Opening Date in BID invitation header

[former_member184111]

Hi Experts,

I am using FM BBP_PD_BID_CREATE for creating BID invitation.

In the header data i am passing OPEN_TIME as current time stamp .

But it gives an error

Opening Date 06/08/2010 10:57:14 is before the bid submission deadline 06/08/2010 20:00:00

What value we need to pass in OPEN_TIME field of BID inv header ?

I am fetching the current time stamp using FM BBP_LA_UTILITY_GET_TIMESTAMP.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

OPEN_TIME is an optional parameter. If you want the Bid Invitation to start right away, you can leave that field blank.

[former_member184111 · Accepted solution]

Hi Jay,

Thanks for the information but the client wants to populate the field Opening Date that is just below Submission Deadline field in WEBGUI of BID invitation.

For this we need to populate OPEN_TIME field...right?

With what data it needs to be populated?

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I need to revise my previous answer as follows:

OPEN_TIME is an optional parameter. If you want the Bid Invitation to start right away, If you want to be able to see bid responses whenever they come in, you can leave that field blank.

OPEN_TIME indicates the date and time the buyer can open the bid response. As per standard, it has to be after the submission deadline. You'd have to ask the business unit what the requiremen is regarding the opening time for bid response. For example, it could be 10 days after submission deadline. So you can program accordingly.

[ricardo_cavedini]

Hello,

Message BBP_PD 120 (Opening date &1 is before the bid submission deadline &2) is raised when the opening date is older than submission deadline.

This check is done in include LBBP_PDHGPF1F.

IF ( NOT l_open_date IS INITIAL AND

NOT new_hdrhsb-quot_dead IS INITIAL ) AND

( new_hdrhsb-quot_dead GT l_open_date OR

( new_hdrhsb-quot_dead EQ l_open_date AND

new_hdrhsb-quot_dead_time GT l_open_time ) ).

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.

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CALL FUNCTION 'BBP_PD_MSG_ADD'

EXPORTING

i_msgty = c_msgty_e

i_msgid = 'BBP_PD'

i_msgno = 120

i_msgv1 = l_msgv1

i_msgv2 = l_msgv2

So, whenever creating a RFX, you should always specify an opening date after submission deadline. It does not matter if you are creating the RFX through portal or FM.

Kind regards,

Ricardo