A Practice Request allows you to familiarise yourself with the Request Wizard for Quotes and Tenders without sending anything to a Supplier. Use it to test the functionality and practice the evaluation process.

Prerequisites

• You must have the Buyer role.

Steps

1. Hover over My requests in the menubar.
2. Select Create a practice request.
   
   
   • Result: The Request Wizard opens. You will see a "(This is a practice request!)" notification.
     
     
3. Walk through each step of the Request Wizard, configuring the settings as desired.
4. Click Save and Continue or Update and Continue at the bottom of the page to advance to the next step.
5. On the final Save & Post step, click Post it!.
   • Result: The practice RFx is instantly created and closed, and example Supplier responses are generated.

Results / Validation

To view the example Supplier responses for evaluation, click the green people icon to the right of the Request.

What's Next / Related

• View Responses: Before viewing the responses, click Access Responses to unlock them. 
  
  
  You can then view submissions by clicking the magnifying glass button or download them with the download button.
  
• You can find detailed instructions on creating a real request here: Create a Request or Tender.
• Instructions for evaluation methods: Quick Select, Evaluation Matrix, and Multi-Party Evaluation (MPE).

Limits & Notes

• A Practice Request will automatically close upon posting and cannot be edited or reopened. A real RFx allows editing once open.
• If you choose Save as draft, you can edit or complete it later by clicking the blue 'Finish?' link or the three vertical dots (...) to the right, then selecting 'Complete this request'.
  
  
  
  

Troubleshooting

• Issue: The "(This is a practice request!)" notification is not visible.
  • Fix: You are creating a real RFx and should Save as draft or navigate away from the page unless you intend to send it to Suppliers.