> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.urbee.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start a Study

> Enter a Site and a Program, choose what you need back, and start a run.

A **Study** answers what happens when you put a **Program** on a **Site**.
Each time Urbee works through it is a **run**.

## Start a new Study

Click **New Study** at the top of the sidebar. You can also start one from
**Home** (**Plan a New Project** or **Check Zoning**, which open the same
form), from **+ New study** on a Site page, or from a jurisdiction's page.

The form has three parts.

### 1. Site

* **Project address**: start typing and pick the address from the
  suggestions.
* **Jurisdiction**: the town whose code applies. See
  [Jurisdictions](/guides/jurisdictions) for the list.

If Urbee can't find a zoning district for the address in that town, it says
so. Check the address, or switch the jurisdiction if the Site is elsewhere.

### 2. Program

* **Start from an existing Program** (optional): copies the numbers of a
  Program you've entered before. Editing them here never changes the
  original.
* **Program name** (optional): what to call this option, such as
  "250k GSF new build". This is how you tell alternatives on the same Site
  apart.
* **Project type** (required): Residential, Commercial, Industrial,
  Mixed-Use, Infrastructure or Institutional.
* **Proposed use** (required): pick from the town's own use categories, or
  type your own. If it isn't a listed use, Urbee tells you honestly whether
  the code covers it.
* **Size and scope** (optional): floor area, dwelling units, parking,
  impervious surface, trees removed, required site area, and yes / no /
  not-known-yet questions such as change of use or demolition. The more you
  enter, the more rules Urbee can settle.
* **Operator details** (optional; opens automatically for Institutional
  projects): matters only for educational, religious or public operators,
  where state-law protections may apply.

### 3. What you need back

Tick the documents you want drafted automatically when the run finishes:

| Option | What you get |
| - | - |
| **Feasibility memo** | A client-ready due-diligence memo: use permission, constraints, relief likely required |
| **Zoning report (lender / PZR)** | A Sections I–VI zoning report with verified citations |
| **Entitlement roadmap** | Approvals required, boards, submittal plan and timeline |
| **Existing-conditions memo** | A PSD/PSR-style existing-conditions review, with every code excerpt cited |
| **Site overview** | An on-screen briefing, not a document |

The existing-conditions memo and the site overview ask a few extra questions.
Only one of those two can be ticked at a time.

If you tick nothing, you get just the answer on screen: the cited
determination and plan. You can add deliverables later from the Study page.

**Target milestone** (optional): pick **Occupancy / move-in**,
**Construction start** or **Lease commencement** and a date, and Urbee works
the permitting timeline back from it. Leave it blank to see statutory
minimums instead.

Click **Start run**.

## While it runs

The Study page opens on the **Zoning Analysis** tab and shows each step as it
completes, with a running count of citations gathered. Your browser doesn't
need to stay on the page. A run can't be cancelled once it has started.

If a run fails, the page says **Run failed** with the reason.

## The Study page

* The header shows the Study's status (Draft, In Refinement, Ready to
  Submit, Filed, Decided, Closed). Use the status menu to **Mark filed**,
  **Mark decided** or **Close study**, and the pencil icon to rename it.
* **Zoning Analysis** holds the result: verdict, risks, district, regulatory
  stack, use permission, site regulations, parking, triggers, permit pathway
  and sources. Sections with nothing to show are hidden.
* **Items** is the list of submittal items: filings, decisions, risks and
  gaps, each with authority, due date, owner and readiness.
* **Deliverables** lists the documents built from this Study. See
  [Deliverables](/guides/deliverables).
* **Export** (after a run completes) downloads the schedule as Excel,
  MS Project XML or CSV, or the zoning report as a PDF.
* **Ask Urbee** opens the [Advisor](/guides/advisor).

## Re-run after changing the Program

If you change a Study's Program after a run, the Study shows that the
Program has changed, with a **Re-run** link. A re-run adds a new run to the
same Study, and the page always shows the latest run.