Filtering your Opportunities
Posted in: Blog, Help, Using Bidspeed on August 29, 2009
The Bidspeed application provides simple and flexible filtering capabilities.
The quickest way to get started is to watch a video:
Most of the time, you’ll be looking for Active Opportunities that are posted to your “main” classification code.
For example, if you are in the “Lease or rental of facilities” business, the most effective search is to add a “Class Code” filter of your classification code. (You can click on the filter funnel (
) in the Class Code field to see a list of available codes.)
Here’s what it looks like:
To toggle the filter so that you see only Active opportunities, simply click on the Filters button (at the top of the page), and check ‘Active Opportunities Only.’ (Active opportunities have not been archived.)
To apply the filter, click the little ‘Apply’ button (
) at the top left corner of the list or press ‘Enter.’
You can also add more fields to the list – either to refine your filter or to see more columns – by clicking on the ‘Customize’ button (at the top of the page) and selecting ‘More Fields.’ The fields will be added with a little red ‘x’ on the top left corner that will allow you remove the column if you no longer want it in the list.
Here’s what it looks like:
Click on the filter funnel in a field () and you will get a list of options for even further filtering. Many fields support multiple selection – for example, the ‘Type’ field (add it using the Customize, More Fields menu item) allows you to select multiple opportunity types.
Here’s what it looks like:
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or ideas about filtering or anything in the application, we love to hear from you.
Comments
Can I work with a live person to walk me through the filter process
Comment by newton wong on January 13, 2010 at 11:53 pm
You can call us anytime at 877.663.9043 and we’ll walk you through this.
Comment by rreid on January 19, 2010 at 10:45 am
Surprised to see you do not offer classification for LMR batteries, Charging, Analyzing capacities.
Had to choose Communication category — that being a broad category.. Please contact me further on this.
Comment by Jorge L Lopez on February 19, 2010 at 7:22 am
Our data is limited by the agencies that enter it.Classification Codes are probably too broad. If you have a NAICS code you can use that for filtering, but I’d suggest possibly using the full text search first. Search for LMR batteries, then batteries, charging, … You’ll begin to see trends. We regularly help directly with this. Give us a call M-F at 877.663.9043
Comment by rreid on February 20, 2010 at 8:09 pm
i have a list of about 20 search terms i search fedbizops for. i don’t see how your tool helps me. please explain.
Comment by andrew greess on May 8, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Andrew,
We are happy to help with this. Give us a call at: 877.663.9043
Comment by rreid on May 13, 2010 at 11:02 am
How do you drill down to the state levels?
Comment by Jim on November 11, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Jim,
You need to click on ‘Customize’ then tick the State box to add State to your list. You may want to use the Distance from field instead, depending on what you are looking for. We’re happy to help you set this up – call us at 877.663.9043
Comment by rreid on November 16, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Hello,
I e-mailed Ms Vargas the following at 1139 Thursday –
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Thanks!
I used the account a bit yesterday, and your video guide and produced ~50 results from a sample search I was going to present to a potential client. I also created two other filters for comparison purposes.
I logged on today and used the same filter this morning with NO results. I replayed the video and did all that I could in the same manner (same as used earlier), and again, no results.
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I have a meeting with client on Tuesday to present the intial searches, I would hope not to cancel this meeting.
regards
mo
Comment by Mo Aiken on January 22, 2011 at 10:15 am