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Know what can support the answer

Every research request begins with a data-readiness check. Ploti inspects the datasets available to your workspace and compares their content and coverage with the assignment.

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What the check does

Ploti can:
  • Identify datasets that directly support the request
  • Explain why each dataset is useful
  • Detect missing coverage or attributes
  • Ask a clarifying question when the brief is ambiguous
  • Recommend whether to proceed, request data, or do both
Data readiness report for McDonald's locations across Orange County, Florida, showing three ready datasets, their relevance to the request, and the Start research button.

A readiness report confirms that three datasets are available and the research can start immediately.

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When all needed data is ready

Choose Start research. Ploti hands the brief and its context to the research run. You may close the page; the work continues on Ploti’s servers and the workspace receives an email when it is complete.

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When data is missing

You can choose the path that fits the decision:
Ploti creates data requests for the gaps. Data agents source and prepare the datasets, and the full research can run once they are ready.
Start a trimmed-down run using the evidence already available while the missing data is collected. Treat the interim result as provisional.
When the missing dataset is helpful rather than essential, run the research now and preserve the limitation in the result.
Winter Garden coffee shop research waiting for commercial real estate listings, with options to close and wait, run a partial analysis now, open the map, or track sourcing progress.

While agents source a missing dataset, wait for the full research, run a partial analysis, or explore the map.

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Clarifying questions

If Ploti asks for more detail, answer on the request page. Useful clarifications include the intended property use, geographic scope, time horizon, minimum evidence standard, or preferred output.

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Data readiness is not a guarantee

A ready dataset can still contain stale, incomplete, or jurisdiction-specific values. Review cited sources and important attributes before making an investment, legal, or development decision.

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Next step

Results and map

Learn how completed research is organized and opened.