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Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Apraksts
group_id text Group ID

The group_id field will be populated if there is only a single report of an issue or if there are multiple reports. The ID of the first ticket to arrive for a given issue is used as the group_id.
num_requests int4 Request count

The total number of requests for a given issue (parent + child tickets).
parent_closed bool Parent closed

Families of tickets (children and parent tickets) should be closed simultaneously. In some edge cases, prior to August of 2021, this did not always occur. This dataset is maintained with the understanding that all ticket statuses should be updated on the parent ticket and cascade to the entire family of tickets.
status_name text Status

This field is useful for aggregating tickets for progress metrics such as the ticket closure rate.
status_code int4 Status code

This field is interchangeable with status_name (0 = open; 1 = closed; 3 = in progress; 4 = on hold).
dept text Department

The department assigned to handle the ticket.
request_type_name text Request type

Category that the request falls under. This is interchangeable with request_type_id.
request_type_id text Request type ID

ID for the category that the request falls under. This is interchangeable with request_type_name (e.g., potholes = 484).
create_date_et timestamp Create datetime (ET)

See general notes section for more information.
create_date_utc timestamp Create datetime (UTC)

The UTC datetime that the issue/request was created for the parent ticket.
last_action_et timestamp Last update (ET)

Updates are always made on parent tickets. See description of parent_closed for more information.
last_action_utc timestamp Last update (UTC)

The UTC datetime that an action was last taken on the parent ticket.
closed_date_et timestamp Closed datetime (ET)

Closures are always made on parent tickets. See description of parent_closed for more information.
closed_date_utc timestamp Closed datetime (UTC)

The UTC datetime that the parent ticket was closed.
origin text Request origin

Method used to submit the 3-1-1 request (e.g., 'Call Center' for requests by phone and 'Email' for requests by e-mail).
street text

Street address of facility
cross_street text Cross-street

Note that for some locations, it is irrelevant to list a cross street, and this field may be missing.
street_id text Street ID

Streets are assigned a string representation of a numeric code. Note that this value is set to 0 for instances where streets are not entered. This code may be useful for types of analyses in which street name is an unwieldy datapoint and a more concise representation is helpful.
cross_street_id text Cross-street ID

See street_id field description for further information.
city text

Mailing city of facility
neighborhood text neighborhood
census_tract text census_tract
council_district text Council district

The council district containing the latitude and longitude for the location in question.
ward text Ward

The ward containing the latitude and longitude for the location in question.
police_zone text Police zone

The police zone containing the latitude and longitude for the location in question.
latitude float8

latitude of sensor
longitude float8 longitude

Longitude of lot
geo_accuracy text Geoaccuracy

This field describes the nature of the latitude and longitude values, indicating whether 1) they match those attached to the original request (EXACT), 2) they've been modified (APPROXIMATE) or removed entirely (REDACTED) to obscure the location for privacy reasons, 3) they are out of the 3-1-1 service area (OUT_OF_BOUNDS), or 4) they were missing from the original request or removed in cases where the location is not germane to the request (NULL_COORDINATES).

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