Mongoose query returns empty array - mongodb

Question

I'm using Express to do a find operation in a Mongo collection and return the result. I know that there is data in the collection, but the result array comes back empty. I suspect that it's an issue with the schema, but can't figure out what. Thoughts?
Route:
const PlotStatus = require('../models/plotStatus');
exports.plotStatuses = async (req, res) => {
const plotStatus = await PlotStatus.find({
company: req.user.companyCode
}).lean();
if (!plotStatus) {
throw new Error('Plot Statuses not found');
} else {
res.send(plotStatus);
}
};
Model:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const plotStatusSchema = new Schema(
{
recordDate: Date,
blockName: String,
growerName: String,
company: String,
variety: String,
planted: Number,
region: String,
yieldInKG: Number,
currentRipeness: String,
nextStage: String,
timeToNextInDays: Number,
status: Number
},
{ bufferCommands: false },
{ collection: 'plotStatuses' }
);
const ModelClass = mongoose.model('plotStatus', plotStatusSchema);
module.exports = ModelClass;
Sample plotStatus:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("stringhere"),
"recordDate" : ISODate("2018-01-02T12:50:51.236Z"),
"blockName" : "name",
"growerName" : "grower's name",
"company" : "mycompany",
"variety" : "myvariety",
"planted" : 2010,
"region" : "myregion",
"yieldInKG" : 960,
"changeInPcnt" : -1.6,
"currentRipeness" : "ripeness",
"nextStage" : "nextstage",
"timeToNextInDays" : 42,
"status" : 0
}

Answer 1

Okay, got it.
Typically, Mongoose infers the collection name from the model name, but you can pass it explicitly. Apparently, plotStatus => plotStatuses was a bridge too far. This fixed it:
const ModelClass = mongoose.model(
'plotStatus',
plotStatusSchema,
'plotStatuses'
);