Pairings bid groups and Reserve bid groups use different processing logic; please see the Processing Logic section for more information.
Web PBS Bidder Guide 22.7
NAVBLUE PBS is a priority-based system that assumes bid preferences have been entered in order, from most important to least important. So the first line of your bid is more important than the second line, and the second line is more important than the third, and so on. And each bid preference is considered separately; the PBS Scheduler does not combine bid preferences.
If the PBS Scheduler cannot construct a legal block for you after processing all of the Award Pairings preferences inside a Pairings bid group, it enters Denial Mode. In Denial Mode the PBS Scheduler starts deleting your Set Condition. Avoid Pairings and Prefer Off preferences in that bid group that cannot be used to build block in an attempt to complete it. The PBS Scheduler does not enter denial mode in a Pairings bid group if it reaches a Clear Schedule and Start Next Bid Group bid. You can use a Clear Schedule and Start Next Bid Group, and the PBS Scheduler will enter Denial Mode in the final bid group.
Depending on the parameters your administrator has set, the PBS Scheduler stops adding pairings to a block when you have reached either the minimum credit window or the target credit value, even if you have more bid preferences left. The PBS Scheduler does not add pairings to your block that conflict with any pre-awarded items, including carry-ins.
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Pairings bid groups and Reserve bid groups use different processing logic; please see the Processing Logic section for more information. |
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Reserve processing is completed after all Pairing blocks have been built. |
1 you can have multiple Pairings bid groups if you use a Clear Schedule and Start Next Bid Group option
2 you can have multiple Reserve bid groups if you use an Else Start Next Bid Group option
3 each Crew member's Pairings bid group(s) is processed first (in seniority order), reserve blocks using Reserve bid groups, are built after the pairing blocks have been built
4 bid groups are independent of each other, this means that a bid preference belongs only to the bid group it is in
5 a bid group consists of one or more bid preferences, a Pairing bid group always starts with Start Pairings and a reserve bid group always starts with Start Reserve
6 not all bid preferences in the Pairings bid group are available in the Reserve bid groups
7 you can copy bid lines and place them any where in the bid group below the first system-generated bid line
8 Pairings bid groups and Reserve bid groups use different processing logic