# Choosing Bidders (updated)
In a number of places you are able to select some of your bidders to work on, for example, in choosing bidders:
- ... to copy from one event to another
- ... to renumber
- ... to send invitations and statements to
In all of these cases the same control is used to select the bidders:
An example from the Bidder Statements "Recipient" selection list.
The default for the Choosing Bidders panel will be relative to the function you are working with. The current selection of bidders is shown in the main part of the window. You can page through the bidders using the pagination buttons at the bottom if there are more than fit on one page.
You can filter the bidders by clicking on the options icon (3 dots):
Also note how the current filter is displayed in the relevant "Choose..." reference.
Selecting one of the filter options will update the displayed list of bidders to reflect that choice.
# All Bidders
This list all current bidders for the event.
# Bidders Based On Tags
This option lets you enter tags which will then be used to find bidders with any one of the tags.
You can also invert the selection to only choose bidders that do not match the tag.
# Bidders Who Purchased A Ticket
If you are selling Ticket items (generally those that represent an admission to the event), this will display the bidders that have purchased a "Ticket".
# Bidders With Activity
Only bidders that have activity will be listed. This would include bidders that only have in-progress winning bids, but may not have anything that appears on a statement yet.
# Bidders With Finalized Activity
Only bidders with activity on items that have closed, have purchases, donations, or made payments will be listed.
# Bidders Who Won An Item
This will list those bidders that have a final winning bid for an item.
# Bidders With A Balance
Only bidders with a non-zero balance will be listed.
# Bidders With A Registered Card
Only bidders with a registered credit card will be listed
# Bidders Without A Registered Card
Only bidders without a registered credit card will be listed
# Winners/Purchasers Of Specific Items
Using this filter will also require you set the specific item through a standard item choosing drop-down selector.
# Selected Bidders
This option allows you to search for bidders and select them one at a time.
# Search for Bidders
This option allows you to enter search criteria to find matching bidders.
# Ordering Bidders
In some cases it is helpful to be able to influence the order the bidders are listed in. You can adjust the sort order by clicking on the "sort" icon and choosing either Bidder#, Last Name, or Table#.
An example from the Bidder Statements "Recipient" selection list.
The bidder order may not matter when copying bidders from one event to another but, for example, when printing statements it can be helpful to sort the bidder list by their Last Name field rather than the default Bidder# field.