Details of request “Records Request

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
1031563  sent    2024-09-01 13:28:22 -0400  waiting_response  waiting_response  2024-09-01 13:28:22 -0400  outgoing  
1034413  response    2024-09-04 15:31:42 -0400        incoming  
1034430  followup_sent    2024-09-04 16:55:46 -0400        outgoing  
1043918  overdue    2024-09-12 00:00:00 -0400         
1040706  response    2024-09-12 12:08:33 -0400    waiting_response  2024-09-16 16:36:50 -0400  incoming  
1043283  status_update    2024-09-16 16:36:50 -0400  waiting_response  waiting_response  2024-09-16 16:36:50 -0400   
1043284  followup_sent    2024-09-16 16:39:38 -0400        outgoing  
1056512  very_overdue    2024-10-01 00:00:00 -0400         
1067923  response    2024-10-16 11:13:16 -0400    partially_successful  2025-02-15 17:16:23 -0500  incoming  
1167497  status_update  described_state  2025-02-15 17:16:23 -0500  partially_successful  partially_successful  2025-02-15 17:16:23 -0500   
1366065  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366066  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366067  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366068  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366069  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366070  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366071  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366072  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366073  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -0400         
1366074  edit metadata  allow_new_responses_from  2025-08-16 03:45:10 -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.

You can get this page in computer-readable format as part of the main JSON page for the request. See the API documentation.