# Data Requests

Data requests represent a formal request or solicitation made by an individual or team of Researchers and/or Data Facilitators to access a specific dataset. A Data request is collaboratively created, submitted and approved before its submitters can be onboarded and allowed access to the requested dataset's related data.

### Data Request Functions

Data requests can be:

* [Created and submitted by Researchers or Data Facilitators](/data-requests/creating-and-submitting-a-data-request.md)
* [Approved, and their submitters onboarded by Data Request Approvers or Administrators](/data-requests/approving-a-data-request-and-onboarding-its-team.md).

### Data Request Roles

Researchers and Data Facilitators that create or join a data request hold unique, additional roles that represent their responsibilities within that individual data request. These roles are defined as follows:

* **Discussant**. A Discussant can:
  * Respond to data request questions/requirements
  * Correspond with data request team members and approvers
* **Analyst**. In addition to a Discussant's permissions, an Analyst can:
  * Be onboarded to a dataset by a Data Request Approver or Administrator once their data request is approved
* **Project Lead**. In addition to an Analyst's permissions, a Project Lead can:
  * Invite other users to a data request (as Discussants, Analysts or Project Leads themselves)
  * Mark a data request as a draft, or as being ready for submission
  * Change the data request roles of team members while the data request is in draft
  * Remove team members from a data request
  * Submit a data request.

**Note:** These roles can be adjusted by Administrators at any time during a data request's lifecycle.


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