What does hourly pricing consist of?

The more clarification or additional information is required, the more working time is needed.

In preparing the user license, working time is typically spent on, for example

• processing and reviewing the application, including possible clarifications and assessment of the pricing category
• checking attachments (such as the research plan and external permits) and, if necessary, conducting clarification work related to external permits
• supplementing the application, providing advice, and communicating with the customer
• reviewing confidentiality and remote access commitments
• assessing data availability and data protection issues
• drafting and processing the user license and managing the signature process
• correcting possible error situations.

Ready-made datasets have a fixed price, which includes two hours of work related to data delimitation. Other data-related work is billed on an hourly basis.

Data collected for statistical purposes are often not directly suitable for research use, and adapting them may be time-consuming. Working time is typically spent on, for example:

• combining data from different years
• processing open-ended response fields for research purposes
• clarifying metadata
• pseudonymising data
• creating long time series.

If the research uses data from other authorities, the work may include, for example:

• communication with data providers
• technical processing, modification, and format conversions of data
• pseudonymisation and implementation of related data protection requirements
• checking, linking, and exporting data for remote access
• investigating possible error situations related to the data.

In the preparation of the Services for Researchers agreement and invoicing, working time is spent on:

• clarifying contract details and drafting the agreement
• contract negotiations and making the necessary amendments
• preparing a more extensive cost estimate where applicable (e.g. FIONA costs) and responding to pricing-related questions
• presenting the agreement to the second signatory and managing the signature process
• processing and completing invoicing details
• issuing invoices
• clarifying invoicing-related questions and communicating with the customer.