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

• Approved, and their submitters onboarded by Data Request Approvers or Administrators.

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.