The issue is that the sales manager already generated a Sales Research Agent blueprint but forgot to include the quarterly competitive intelligence brief. The brief is an external document and the case study states it is delivered as a PDF document, so the correct first content action is to upload the competitive intelligence brief as a PDF file, not CSV. Microsoft's Sales Research Agent documentation states that users can select Add data to upload files including CSV, Excel, or PDF to augment research with additional data.

The second required action is to add a data source, because the competitive intelligence brief is not part of the default Dynamics 365 Sales data. Sales Research Agent connects to Dynamics 365 Sales data by default, but additional external files must be added as supporting data sources before they can influence the analysis. The documentation identifies the Data area as the place where the research data source is specified and where additional data sources can be added.

The final action is to regenerate the canvas/blueprint so the agent reprocesses the analysis using the newly added PDF. Refreshing alone is not the best answer because the problem is not stale data; it is missing context. Regeneration creates updated research output with the new source included.

References/topics: Sales Research Agent; research canvas; adding PDF data sources; blueprint regeneration; intelligent opportunity research.