Finding responses to a specific RFQ request (Business Edition)

To locate a specific RFQ response, do the following:

  1. Open the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
  2. Find the RFQ of interest.
  3. Select the check box for the row containing the RFQ of interest.
  4. Click Responses to view the responses that you have created for this RFQ. The RFQ Response page displays the following information:
    • Response name
      A unique identifier for the response.
    • Remark Displays any remark the seller typed in on the General response creation form.
    • Status Indicates the current state of an RFQ request in the RFQ process. The choices are:
      All
       Shows all responses regardless of state
      Draft
       In preparation or being modified
      Active
       Approved by approver and submitted to buyer
      Canceled
       RFQ request is withdrawn by buyer and sellers notified, or buyer withdraws RFQ response
      Retracted
       Response is removed from active state and is either modified or canceled
      Pending Approval
       Being reviewed by approver if approvals has been enabled
      In-evaluation
       Response being evaluated by buyer
      Rejected
       The RFQ response was not accepted by the approver, and was returned to a draft state
      Won
       The response was accepted by the buyer
      Lost
       The response was not accepted by the buyer
      Won Complete
       The response was accepted by the buyer and has been sent to the Order or Contract subsystem
      Lost Complete
      The response was not accepted by the buyer and the winning responses have been sent to the Order or Contract subsystem
      Creation time
      The date and time the RFQ response was created.
      Won Next Round
      The response was accepted by the buyer and the buyer has created a next round RFQ.
      Lost Next Round
      The response was not accepted by the buyer and the buyer has created a next round RFQ.