Details of request “Dispatch notes

Event history

This table shows the technical details of the internal events that happened to this request on OPRAmachine. This could be used to generate information about the speed with which authorities respond to requests, the number of requests which require a postal response and much more.

Be careful! To use this data in an honourable way, you will need a good internal knowledge of user behaviour on OPRAmachine. How, why and by whom requests are categorised is not straightforward, and there will be user error and ambiguity. You will also need to understand FOI law, and the way authorities use it. Plus you'll need to be an elite statistician. Please contact us with questions.

id event_type details created_at described_state calculated_state last_described_at link
552236  sent    2022-12-06 15:02:59 -0500  waiting_response  waiting_response  2022-12-06 15:02:59 -0500  outgoing  
552240  response    2022-12-06 15:35:41 -0500        incoming  
552242  response    2022-12-06 15:37:54 -0500    successful  2023-08-06 09:10:33 -0400  incoming  
670680  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-06-07 03:45:09 -0400         
670681  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-06-07 03:45:09 -0400         
670682  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-06-07 03:45:09 -0400         
726970  status_update  described_state  2023-08-06 09:10:33 -0400  successful  successful  2023-08-06 09:10:33 -0400   
1358051  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:13 -0400         
1358052  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:14 -0400         
1358053  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:14 -0400         
1358054  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:14 -0400         
1358055  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:14 -0400         
1358056  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:14 -0400         
1358057  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-07 03:45:14 -0400         

Here described means when a user selected a status for the request, and the most recent event had its status updated to that value. calculated is then inferred by OPRAmachine for intermediate events, which weren't given an explicit description by a user. See the search tips for description of the states.

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