To support employees, city administrators needed better data. Following stay-at-home orders, city officials had to determine which employees were essential and nonessential. An estimated 30 percent of the workforce was deemed nonessential and temporarily furloughed, so data would help officials decide when to bring workers back. Also, essential employees had certain restrictions, such as vacation and leave times, so data would also help the city manage benefits for these workers. The administration wanted a new tool to track what type of leaves were being taken to analyze its impact on staffing levels and overtime costs incurred by the city. City administrators would eventually need to report the figures to the federal government, so they wanted the ability to see the data in real time.