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What ORS and Purchasing Data Would Unlock

Action-oriented ask for a bounded pilot export. Extended field notes: internal-data-wishlist (full report).

The ask

A pilot data export from ORS and purchasing for a bounded subset—enough to strengthen grant–resource links, equipment visibility, and proposal-support answers without exposing restricted fields on the public site.

ORS data needed

  • Proposal title
  • PI/co-PIs
  • Units
  • Funder/program
  • Status
  • Dates
  • Abstract
  • Facilities/resources section
  • Equipment/instrumentation section
  • Collaborators
  • Display permission: public / internal / restricted

Purchasing data needed

  • Item description
  • Vendor
  • Purchase date
  • Cost or cost range
  • Unit/account/project
  • Responsible person or PI
  • Funding source
  • Building/room if available
  • Display permission

Suggested pilot

  • 2 to 3 years of records
  • Proposals mentioning facilities, labs, studios, makerspaces, equipment, sensors, imaging, computing, visualization, fabrication, or production technology
  • Equipment purchases above a reasonable threshold
  • Internal-only graph analysis first

Why it matters

  • Better proposal support
  • Better facility discovery
  • Better equipment visibility
  • Better collaboration discovery
  • Less dependence on individual memory
  • Stronger evidence for shared infrastructure

Demo: Ask the Map · Connection Examples · Update Workflow · Internal Data Wishlist

Last generated: 2026-06-01 17:38 UTC