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

# Research Desk

> User guide for managing sample sourcing, fieldwork, and reconciliation in the Research Desk platform.

Research Desk is Rep Data's self-serve sampling platform. Use it to create projects, configure surveys, source respondents from integrated suppliers, monitor fieldwork, and reconcile completes — all from one interface.

## Start here

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/research-desk/getting-started/03-quick-start">
    Launch your first project in under an hour with a step-by-step checklist.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Platform Overview" icon="book-open" href="/research-desk/getting-started/00-platform-overview">
    How projects, surveys, sources, and respondent outcomes fit together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core Concepts" icon="sitemap" href="/research-desk/getting-started/02-core-concepts">
    Hierarchy from projects through surveys, sources, streams, and outcomes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Best Practices" icon="bullseye" href="/research-desk/guides/08-best-practices">
    Soft launch, CPI adjustments, quota balancing, and fieldwork troubleshooting.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Setup and configuration

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  <Card title="Creating Projects" icon="folder-open" href="/research-desk/guides/01-creating-projects">
    Project containers with manager, account, and lifecycle.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Creating Surveys" icon="clipboard-list" href="/research-desk/guides/02-creating-surveys">
    Entry links, quotas, specs, and survey status.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Entry Links and Redirects" icon="link" href="/research-desk/guides/04-entry-links-and-redirects">
    RDUD entry links and rdsecured.com outcome redirects.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Platform Redirect Guides" icon="code" href="/research-desk/guides/18-platform-redirect-guides">
    Qualtrics, Decipher, Alchemer, SurveyMonkey, QuestionPro, Cmix, Pollfish.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Configuring Sources" icon="layer-group" href="/research-desk/guides/03-configuring-sources">
    Buy Sample (Internal), Manual, and Automated sources.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Live Markets" icon="globe" href="/research-desk/guides/16-live-markets">
    Country-language combinations available for Buy Sample.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Fieldwork and quality

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  <Card title="Managing Fieldwork" icon="chart-line" href="/research-desk/guides/05-managing-fieldwork">
    Monitor traffic, quotas, and project health after launch.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Performance Indicators" icon="traffic-light" href="/research-desk/guides/13-performance-indicators">
    Traffic-light LOI and IR variance signals.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Research Defender" icon="shield" href="/research-desk/guides/21-research-defender">
    SEARCH, ACTIVITY, and REVIEW fraud checks on every respondent.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Traffic Controls" icon="gauge-high" href="/research-desk/guides/15-traffic-controls">
    Pace sample delivery across your field window.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scheduled Launch" icon="calendar-clock" href="/research-desk/guides/14-scheduled-launch">
    Go live automatically at a set date and time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Voter Matched Sample (L2)" icon="check-to-slot" href="/research-desk/guides/20-voter-matched-sample">
    L2-verified respondents for political and public-opinion research.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Closeout and support

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  <Card title="Reconciliation" icon="scale-balanced" href="/research-desk/guides/07-reconciliation">
    Accept, reject, and export completes before billing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Billing and Margins" icon="dollar-sign" href="/research-desk/guides/22-billing-and-margins">
    Sell price, cost summaries, and margin tracking.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Data Cleaning" icon="broom" href="/research-desk/support/data-cleaning">
    Complimentary cleaning requests — up to 3 per project.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshooting" icon="wrench" href="/research-desk/support/troubleshooting">
    Diagnose abandons, Defender terms, and slow traffic.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Glossary" icon="book" href="/research-desk/support/glossary">
    CPI, IR, LOI, RDUD, and other key terms.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contact Support" icon="life-ring" href="/research-desk/support/contact-support">
    Live chat, in-app form, or researchdesk.com/support.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Looking for API documentation?

If you are integrating programmatically rather than using the web interface, see the [Research Desk Demand API](/demand/index) documentation.

## Need help?

* [Contact Support](/research-desk/support/contact-support) — In-app live chat, support form, or [researchdesk.com/support](https://www.researchdesk.com/support)
* [System status](https://researchdesk.statuspage.io/)
* Email [clientsuccess@repdata.com](mailto:clientsuccess@repdata.com)