Closing an opportunity as Lost requires a reason + the stage at which it effectively died, so Sales Ops can track loss patterns by stage.
Why is this opportunity on hold?
On Hold is for genuine externally-driven pauses (budget freeze, leadership change, defined reactivation date). Both fields required.
Decision Pending — record your win probability
The customer has confirmed an active evaluation with a timeline. Capture your honest win % + a one-line justification you'd defend to the leadership team.
Import Opportunities from Salesforce
Drop the unmodified Salesforce report — the importer reads only the columns it needs and ignores the rest.
Re-running the same file is safe (rows match by Salesforce Opportunity Id).