Incoming Stakeholder Inquiries to the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)
This data consists of all incoming inquiries submitted through the Zendesk ticket system and assigned to CalOSBA from March through August, 2020. Download this file to access ticket subject, region of the state, and zip code.
Data dictionary
Field definitions supplied by the publishing agency in CKAN.
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticket created - Year | numeric | Ticket created - Year | — |
| Ticket created - Month | text | Ticket created - Month | — |
| Ticket group | text | Ticket group | — |
| Ticket subject | text | Ticket subject | — |
| Region | text | Region | — |
| Zip Code | text | Zip Code | — |
Resource details
| Format | XLSX |
|---|---|
| Size | 138 KB |
| Rows | 2,969 |
| Last updated | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Part of | Incoming Stakeholder Inquiries to the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) |
CKAN Data API
Access resource data through the CKAN DataStore API. The examples below use this resource's ID.
Endpoints
The Data API provides these actions. Creating or updating records requires appropriate permissions; the query actions read public DataStore records.
| Create | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_create |
|---|---|
| Update / insert | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_upsert |
| Query | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search |
| Query via SQL | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql |
Query examples
"https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a2a1402e-1bd4-410f-8f63-94250679eed4&limit=5""https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a2a1402e-1bd4-410f-8f63-94250679eed4&q=jones""https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT%20%2A%20FROM%20%22a2a1402e-1bd4-410f-8f63-94250679eed4%22%20LIMIT%205"SQL queries depend on whether SQL search is enabled by the portal.
OData query
Use the resource's OData URL and its field names for paging, selecting columns, or filtering rows.
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$skip=5&$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$select=FIELD_NAME&$filter=FIELD_NAME eq 'VALUE'Replace ODATA_RESOURCE_URL, FIELD_NAME, and VALUE with the details for the selected resource. See the OData query options guide (opens in a new tab) for more examples.
Use the API in code
JavaScript (JSONP)
var data = { resource_id: 'a2a1402e-1bd4-410f-8f63-94250679eed4', limit: 5, q: 'jones' };
$.ajax({
url: 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
data: data,
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function (response) {
console.log(response.result.total, response.result.records);
}
});Python
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen
url = 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a2a1402e-1bd4-410f-8f63-94250679eed4&limit=5'
with urlopen(url) as response:
result = json.load(response)['result']
print(result['total'], result['records'])For parameters and response fields, see the CKAN DataStore documentation (opens in a new tab).