Details of request “Departmental FOI Guidance

Event history

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id event_type details created_at described_state calculated_state last_described_at link
990323  sent    2014-03-13 22:03:39 +0000  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-03-13 22:03:39 +0000  outgoing  
990595  response    2014-03-14 09:38:47 +0000    waiting_response  2014-03-14 10:35:16 +0000  incoming  
990728  status_update    2014-03-14 10:35:16 +0000  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-03-14 10:35:16 +0000   
2153770  overdue    2014-04-12 00:00:00 +0100         
1021964  response    2014-04-14 17:05:07 +0100    waiting_response  2014-04-15 12:17:38 +0100  incoming  
1022785  followup_sent    2014-04-15 12:17:15 +0100        outgoing  
1022786  status_update    2014-04-15 12:17:37 +0100  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-04-15 12:17:37 +0100   
1049210  response    2014-05-14 10:06:49 +0100        incoming  
1050129  response    2014-05-14 17:23:50 +0100    waiting_response  2014-05-20 20:10:01 +0100  incoming  
2230037  very_overdue    2014-05-15 00:00:00 +0100         
1056845  status_update    2014-05-20 20:10:01 +0100  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-05-20 20:10:01 +0100   
1078108  response    2014-06-11 16:26:27 +0100    waiting_response  2014-07-05 17:28:45 +0100  incoming  
1098286  status_update    2014-07-05 17:28:45 +0100  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-07-05 17:28:45 +0100   
1101600  response    2014-07-09 16:43:56 +0100    waiting_response  2014-07-13 21:55:11 +0100  incoming  
1104303  status_update    2014-07-13 21:55:11 +0100  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-07-13 21:55:11 +0100   
1104304  followup_sent    2014-07-13 21:59:12 +0100        outgoing  
1104305  response    2014-07-13 21:59:53 +0100    waiting_response  2014-07-13 22:14:12 +0100  incoming  
1104309  status_update    2014-07-13 22:14:12 +0100  waiting_response  waiting_response  2014-07-13 22:14:12 +0100   
1126679  response    2014-08-06 16:57:02 +0100    partially_successful  2014-10-13 19:05:36 +0100  incoming  
1188504  status_update  described_state  2014-10-13 19:05:36 +0100  partially_successful  partially_successful  2014-10-13 19:05:36 +0100   

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 WhatDoTheyKnow 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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