Help with data services

Instructions and help with using BDM's data services for business, government and research organisations.

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1. Get BDM's approval to access the data

  1. Start a new data request
  2. Attach documents
  3. Edit a saved draft
  4. Submit the request
  5. Pay the application fee

2. Access the data

How you do this varies, depending on your type of data service. Find your data type below for instructions and help.

Data matching and data cleansing

You compare your data file with our records and download a spreadsheet of the results.

For example: Cleaning up a mailing list, removing deceased people from a database, checking whether research study participants have died.

  1. Set up your data match
  2. Pay for the data (if applicable)
  3. Get the results

Data on demand

You retrieve the data directly from our records.

For one-off retrieval of data with certain criteria, such as birth records for a specific time period.

  1. Set up your data on demand
  2. Pay for the data (if applicable)
  3. Get the results

Recurring data delivered on a schedule

You set a schedule to retrieve data at regular intervals.

  1. Set up your schedule
  2. Pay for the data (if applicable)
  3. Get the results

Custom service set up by BDM

We manually retrieve the data for you and add it to your account.

  1. Pay for the custom data (if applicable)
  2. Get the results for custom data

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