A record becomes more useful when it has enough context to explain what happened, what someone did, and how it turned out. A repair ticket linked to a diagnosis and outcome can tell a richer story than an isolated invoice.
Look for connected work history
Common signals can include:
- Repeated work: service calls, claims, transactions, projects, or production runs across time.
- Decisions and actions: approvals, diagnoses, reviews, pricing choices, or steps taken to resolve a problem.
- Outcomes: whether the repair held, the order shipped, the claim was resolved, or the project met its goal.
- Useful context: timestamps, categories, versions, or identifiers that help relate records to one another.
- Specialist knowledge: work that relies on judgment or experience that is difficult to reproduce from public information alone.
Examples across industries
What matters more than the file count
A large archive is not automatically valuable. Buyers may care about whether records are complete, well-organised, connected, difficult to recreate, and relevant to a current use case. Rights to share or license the records also need to be understood.
Describe the types of work and systems at a high level. Do not send customer lists, raw records, private documents, or other sensitive information.