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Aggregated Bids

Overview​

Aggregated bids (also called typical bids) are day-type bid profiles built from a window of historical bid data. For the full procedure, see Aggregator in the Bid Manager reference tab.

What It Is​

Typical bids are aggregated bid profiles generated from historical bid data, used to represent common or recurring bidding behaviour. The Aggregator sub-tab builds these profiles by day type — WORKDAY, SAT, and SUN — from a historical window you specify, so a study can use representative bid patterns rather than exact historical bids. The same aggregation can also be run in batch via the bidmanager-aggregator.exe command-line tool.

When to Use​

Use Aggregated Bids when preparing typical bid inputs for forecasting or scenario studies — aggregate a historical window into WORKDAY, SAT, and SUN typical bids instead of using exact historical data for every simulated day.

Step-by-Step Guide​

  • Set Input Directory to the folder containing your .bidx files.
  • The file list panel shows the files found. You can select a subset of files for a partial aggregation run.
Aggregator input directory, file list and output settings