Intelligent Bidding

Intelligent Bidding (also known as Dynamic Bidding) lets you define rule-based actions that automatically adjust bids during a simulation. Rules are stored in .ibdx files and applied by the engine at run time.

See the reference pages for full details: Overview · Actions · Conditions Library

1. Open
2. Configuration
3. Actions
4. Conditions Library
5. File Operations

In Bid Manager, select the Intelligent Bidding tab.
The tab opens on the Actions sub-tab by default.
Two sub-tabs are available: Actions and Conditions Library.

The configuration row is visible when the Actions sub-tab is active. It contains four fields:

Field	Description
SysWESM DB	Database used to resolve Object IDs
Time Periods	Time period set for the simulation
Condition library	The `.ibdx` condition library file
Scenario	The active scenario name

Rule files use the .ibdx format.

Click Open… in the Actions toolbar to open an existing .ibdx file (defaults to DirBid).
Click + New Action to start a new rule set.

Configuration Row with SysWESM DB, Time Periods, Condition library and Scenario

The Actions sub-tab is where you build and manage bidding rules.

Left toolbar:

Button	Description
+ New Action	Add a blank rule row
Delete Action	Remove the selected rule
Duplicate Action	Copy the selected rule
Open…	Open an existing `.ibdx` file

Right toolbar:

Button	Description
Save	Save the current rule file
Save as…	Save to a new file
Close file	Close without saving
Save & Validate	Check rules then save
Export CSV	Export rules as a CSV file

Grid columns:

Action ID
Name
Object Type
Object ID
Bid File
Quantity Multiplier (Available Capacity + Bid Quantity)
Frequency
Condition Set
ALWAYS ON
Issues

Actions sub-tab with a configured action row

Save

The default save filename is ib_<scenarioName>.ibdx.
Use Save & Validate to check rules before saving.
Use Export CSV to export rules as CSV (useful for keeping a backup copy or sharing rules).

Run

Pass the rule file to the engine using the -ib flag:

iPool.exe ... -ib ib_<scenario>.ibdx

The engine reads .ibdx and CSV rule files.

Legacy .ibd files are not accepted. Convert them first:

iPoolSuite.exe -ibd2ibdx ^
  -indir <dir> -outdir <dir> ^
  (-all | -file NAME ...)

See Convert Legacy Bids and Convert Legacy .ibd for conversion instructions.

Use -ib 0 to explicitly disable dynamic bidding for a run (overrides scenario rules). Do not combine -ib 0 with a rule filename — this produces an argument error.