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Enter an invitation to bid request and manually assign an invitation to bid request code

Modified: 7 Jun 2026 Viewpoint Estimating Estimating Help
  1. Open the Enter Invitation to Bid Requests screen.
    Note the active company. If you want to change it, click in the header and select the appropriate company.
  2. In the Estimate Job field, do one of the following:
    • Enter the code of the estimate job for the invitation to bid request.
    • Click to select the estimate job for the invitation to bid request from a Lookup List.
  3. In the Invitation To Bid Request field, enter a code of up to 20 alphanumeric characters to identify the invitation to bid request.
    Note: Alphanumeric characters include the letters A through Z, the numerals 0 through 9, and all special characters except comma, dash, period, percent, tilde, and single quote.
  4. Press Tab.
  5. In the Name field, enter the name of the invitation to bid request.
  6. Complete the fields as described on the Enter Invitation to Bid Requests Screen Field Reference.
  7. Click Save Request.
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