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@@ -49,6 +49,31 @@ Source coordinates are empty in the feed, so geocoding is required:
   >25 km from the cluster centroid** (wrong-city guard). Results cache in
   `tickets.geo_locations`.
 
+### Columns on `tickets.inc`
+
+| Column | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `ticket_id` | text (PK) | e.g. `WOT0715527` |
+| `raw` | jsonb | full source record — the source of truth |
+| `normalized_status` · `raw_status` | text | use `normalized_status` for filtering (canonical) |
+| `bucket` | text | lifecycle: `closed` / `pending` |
+| `is_actionable` | boolean | the open/closed flag (open = `true`) |
+| `cluster` · `region` · `location_name` | text | `region` lowercased; `cluster` feeds the gazetteer |
+| `assigned_team` · `owner` | text | closure attribution dimensions |
+| `sla_status` | text | source `Compliant`/`Breached` — **only meaningful once closed** |
+| `mttr` | numeric | **minutes** (source is decimal hours); null until closed |
+| `created_at_service` · `scheduled_at` · `closed_at` · `first_seen_at` · `last_seen_at` · `source_created_at` · `source_updated_at` | timestamptz | EAT→UTC via `tickets.eat_ts()`. **lifecycle** = `created_at_service`→`closed_at`; **export bookkeeping** = `first_seen_at`/`last_seen_at`/`source_*` |
+| `latitude` · `longitude` | double precision | `COALESCE(feed, geocoded)` — populated from `geom` |
+| `geom` | geometry(Point,4326) | display / the map |
+| `geog` | geography(Point,4326) | **routing** — metres-accurate distance (GiST indexed) |
+| `geo_source` | text | precision: `feed` / `location` / `cluster` / `none` |
+| `ingested_at` | timestamptz | when we last upserted this row |
+
+Dropped from the unpacked columns (still in `raw`): `service_type`, `is_alarm`,
+`is_auto_created`, `is_auto_closed` (all single-cardinality), plus the ingest-time
+drops below. **`reporting.fn_tickets_for_map`** reads from `raw` and serves the map;
+**`tickets.inc_open_sla`** is the open-ticket SLA view for dashboards/dispatch.
+
 ## Setup
 
 ```bash
@@ -112,3 +137,54 @@ and runs the ingest; schedule it with a crontab line
   `fn_tickets_for_map`).
 - The curated/geocoded coordinates are written `verified = false` — review
   `tickets.geo_clusters` / `tickets.geo_locations` and flip `verified` once checked.
+
+## Querying
+
+```sql
+-- map payload (GeoJSON + summary, incl. summary.freshness) — what dashboard_api serves
+SELECT reporting.fn_tickets_for_map();              -- open-only by default
+SELECT reporting.fn_tickets_for_map(p_open_only := false);   -- all geocoded tickets
+
+-- open tickets by SLA (derived) + by cluster — via the view
+SELECT sla_state, count(*) FROM tickets.inc_open_sla GROUP BY 1;
+SELECT cluster, count(*), round(avg(hours_open),1) AS avg_hrs
+FROM tickets.inc_open_sla GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;
+
+-- closures / creations per day (EAT)
+SELECT (closed_at AT TIME ZONE 'Africa/Nairobi')::date AS d, count(*)
+FROM tickets.inc WHERE closed_at IS NOT NULL GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1 DESC;
+
+-- nearest open tickets to a vehicle (lng, lat) — metres, index-accelerated KNN
+SELECT ticket_id, cluster, hours_open,
+       round(ST_Distance(geog, ST_SetSRID(ST_MakePoint(:lng,:lat),4326)::geography))::int AS metres
+FROM tickets.inc_open_sla
+ORDER BY geog <-> ST_SetSRID(ST_MakePoint(:lng,:lat),4326)::geography
+LIMIT 10;
+```
+
+## Data-quality & SLA notes
+
+Findings to keep in mind (see the PRD for detail):
+
+- **Source `sla_status` is only meaningful for *closed* tickets.** It reads
+  `Compliant` for essentially all *open* tickets, so for open work use the **derived**
+  state in `tickets.inc_open_sla` (`now() − created_at_service` vs the contract's 48h).
+- **`created_at_service` is missing on ~30% of rows** (incl. most open ones); the SLA
+  view falls back to `first_seen_at` and flags it via `sla_clock_source`.
+- **`mttr` is not wall-clock** `closed_at − created_at_service` and the source's
+  `Breached`/`Compliant` does **not** match a plain 48h threshold — pin the contract's
+  exact SLA definition before trusting cross-field SLA math.
+- **Content lag:** the feed's *file* timestamps are current, but the ticket *content*
+  trails ~2 days (the underlying `…wm_task.xlsx` source), so creation/closure dates
+  run a couple of days behind wall-clock.
+- **History:** `tickets.inc` is current-state (upsert). Closure/creation/MTTR
+  *event* series work directly; **open-backlog-over-time** needs a history capture
+  (append-only `closure_events` or daily snapshots) — not yet built.
+
+## Status / roadmap
+
+Live: INC ingestion deployed on Coolify (hourly `15 7-19 * * *` EAT), schema +
+generated columns + geocoding + the `inc_open_sla` view in `tracksolid_db`.
+Next (Phase 2): time-series analytics (closure rate, MTTR/SLA trends), then FleetNow
+vehicle **dispatch** off `geog`, and **team closure attribution**. **CRQ** is a
+separate future project that will reuse this machinery against `automations/crq/`.