Bidding & Bid-vs-Actual

Bidding

Producers set task estimates under Bidding. Auto-schedule turns bids into dated tasks.

Actuals

Task timers + attendance feed bid-vs-actual. Finance and production health surfaces overruns early.

Overview

Set estimates and compare to logged hours and costs.

Steps

1. Confirm show/seq/shot context on the task or shot page.
2. Update task status as work progresses (WIP → review → approved).
3. Publish through the pipeline path - avoid ad-hoc paths on NAS.
4. Check dependencies / where-used before changing shared assets.

Gotchas

• Renaming shots/tasks does not automatically rewrite disk paths.
• Dependency edges may lag legacy depends_on fields until sync runs.

Cross-links

• Production Flow Guide - see Help Center
• Finance Overview - see Help Center
• Artist Guide: Daily Work - see Help Center