# Invited Supplier Counts

The Invited Supplier Counts report provides a high-level summary of suppliers, including the number of suppliers, the number of invitations and responses, and the response rate.

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| Data                             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| # Supplier Companies             | <p>Displays the total number of supplier companies.</p><p>If you drill into this value, you can review and download a list of supplier companies included in the calculation. This includes a breakdown for each company, including the ID, Domain Name, Dba Name, and Legal Entity Name.</p>                                                                                                                                 |
| # Suppliers                      | Displays the total number of individual suppliers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| # Invitations                    | <p>Displays the total number of event invitations sent to suppliers.</p><p>If you drill into this value, you can review and download a summary of the events. This includes a breakdown for each event, including the RFQ ID (with a link), Title, Email, Title, Domain Name, Sent Date, Submitted Date, Amount Total USD, Status Decoded (Custom Sort), and UUID Link.</p>                                                   |
| # Responses (including "No Bid") | <p>Displays the total number of responses from suppliers. A response includes a bid or no bid response.</p><p>If you drill into this value, you can review and download a summary of the events. This includes a breakdown for each event, including the RFQ ID (with a link), Title, Email, Title, Domain Name, Sent Date, Submitted Date, Amount Total USD, Status Decoded (Custom Sort), and UUID Link.</p>                |
| # No Responses                   | <p>Displays the total number of times a supplier received an invitation and did not open the event or did not respond.</p><p>If you drill into this value, you can review and download a summary of the events. This includes a breakdown for each event, including the RFQ ID (with a link), Title, Email, Title, Domain Name, Sent Date, Submitted Date, Amount Total USD, Status Decoded (Custom Sort), and UUID Link.</p> |
| Response Rate                    | Displays the supplier response rate. This value is calculated as Responses (including *"No Bid") / # Invitations.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |


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