# Time to Process

The Average Hours in Each Status report summarizes the average number of hours buyers took to move request for proposal or request for information events between statuses. For more information on event statuses, see Event status (Buyers).

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### Average hours created to opened (purple) <a href="#averagehourscreatedtoopenedpurple" id="averagehourscreatedtoopenedpurple"></a>

Displays the average number of hours between when a request for proposal or request for information event was created and then moved to Opened status. Only events that have been in Opened status are included.

### Average hours opened to closed (blue) <a href="#averagehoursopenedtoclosedblue" id="averagehoursopenedtoclosedblue"></a>

Displays the average number of hours between when a request for proposal or request for information event was in an Opened status and then moved to Closed status. Only events that have been in Closed status are included.

### Average hours closed to awarded (green) <a href="#averagehoursclosedtoawardedgreen" id="averagehoursclosedtoawardedgreen"></a>

Displays the average number of hours between when a request for proposal or request for information event was in an Closed status and then moved to Awarded status. Only events that have been in Awarded status are included.


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