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Managing Requests

Overview​

Requests are an essential aspect of AGENT. Users can ask for bigger Privacy Budgets and access to specific datasets through them. See the following sections for more details:

Accessing the Requests Menu​

The Requests menu lets you see the status of all your requests and answer received ones. You can access it from the sidebar by clicking on Requests.

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It will display the list of requests divided into two tabs:

Submitted

List of requests you sent.

Received

List of requests sent by other users to you. You can answer them from this tab.

Answering Requests​

If the user is a Team or Dataset Admin, the Received tab will display a list of received requests. From there, they can be approved or denied. To do so, follow the steps below.

1
Access the Requests menu from the sidebar.
2
Access the Received tab.

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3
Choose a request with the Pending status from the list by clicking its arrow icon.
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A pop-up window will appear, displaying the request details.

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In the Decision section, check Approve or Reject
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You can write a Note that will be displayed to the user who made the request.
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Once you are finished, click Save.

The user will receive a notification confirming the Approval or Denial of their request.

Requesting Access to a Dataset​

Users can request access to Datasets for themselves or on behalf of a Team. To learn how to do so, follow the steps below:

1
Access the Dataset menu from the sidebar.
2
Click on the dataset you wish to request access to.
3
Click Request Access. A pop-up window will appear for the Request Creation.

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4
Choose the team or user for whom you are requesting access.
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Input the desired Epsilon and Delta values for your Privacy Budget.
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Write a request note.
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When finished, click Send Request.

Now, the request is sent to the team admin. Once it is accepted or denied, you will receive a notification with the answer.

Requesting Privacy Budget for a Team​

Team Admins can request a bigger Privacy Budget for their team if needed. The request is made from the Teams menu. To learn how to do so, follow the steps below:

1
Access the Teams menu from the sidebar.
2
Select the Team to edit by clicking on it.
3
Select the DatasetsTab on top.
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Click on the Dataset to request a bigger budget.
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Click the plus icon next to the Epsilon and Delta values in the Team Privacy Budget section. A pop-up window will appear.

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Input the desired Epsilon and Delta values to request.
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Write a Request Notethat the Dataset Admin will see when reading the request.
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Click Submit Requestto finish and send the request.

Once the Dataset Admin approves or denies the request, you will receive a notification with the answer.