Details of request “OAL Case Database

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.

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id event_type details created_at described_state calculated_state last_described_at link
649923  set_embargo    2023-05-17 12:28:07 -0400         
649924  sent    2023-05-17 12:28:07 -0400  waiting_response  waiting_response  2023-05-17 12:28:07 -0400  outgoing  
650866  response    2023-05-18 11:47:09 -0400    waiting_response  2023-05-18 12:41:04 -0400  incoming  
650883  followup_sent    2023-05-18 12:40:58 -0400        outgoing  
650884  status_update    2023-05-18 12:41:04 -0400  waiting_response  waiting_response  2023-05-18 12:41:04 -0400   
650889  response    2023-05-18 13:30:56 -0400    waiting_response  2023-05-19 14:41:02 -0400  incoming  
652601  status_update    2023-05-19 14:41:01 -0400  waiting_response  waiting_response  2023-05-19 14:41:02 -0400   
661052  overdue    2023-05-27 00:00:00 -0400         
669405  response    2023-06-05 18:24:11 -0400    successful  2023-06-07 13:26:46 -0400  incoming  
672125  expire_embargo    2023-06-07 13:26:41 -0400         
672127  status_update  described_state  2023-06-07 13:26:46 -0400  successful  successful  2023-06-07 13:26:46 -0400   
804144  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804145  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804146  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804147  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804148  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804149  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804150  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804151  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804152  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804153  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
804154  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2023-12-08 03:45:09 -0500         
1280590  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280591  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280592  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280593  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280594  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280595  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280596  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280597  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280598  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280599  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280600  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280601  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280602  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280603  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280604  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280605  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280606  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280607  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280608  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280609  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280610  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -0400         
1280611  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-06-08 03:45:21 -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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