Timeliness

What is Timeliness?

Timeliness measures whether date and datetime fields contain recent, up-to-date values. It answers the question: “Is this data still fresh?”

How It Works

For each date field, the Timeliness strategy:

1. Reads the date/datetime value
2. Calculates the age (difference between the value and the current date)
3. Compares the age against the configured freshness window
4. Marks values older than the window as “stale”

Configuration

Global Settings

The Defaults section controls global timeliness options:

Setting	Description
Freshness Threshold	The Default Freshness Window in days — records older than this threshold are considered stale.
Null Handling	Treat null dates as stale — when enabled, records with no date value count as stale data.
Overdue Tracking	Enable overdue tracking by default. Flags records past their expected date. (PRO)
Operational Range	Enable operational range validation by default. Checks whether dates fall within an acceptable time span. (PRO)

The Field Overrides table lists each date field with its current threshold, overdue, and window settings.

Per-Field Overrides

Click on a field in the Field Overrides table to open its configuration modal. You can set a custom Freshness Threshold (in days), toggle Null Handling, Overdue Tracking, and Operational Range independently from the global defaults. Use the Revert to Global link to reset the field back to global settings.

Different date fields may have different freshness requirements:

Field Example	Recommended Window
LastActivityDate	7 days
LastModifiedDate	30 days
Contract_End_Date__c	90 days
Annual_Review_Date__c	365 days

Scoring

Result	Score
All dates within window	100
Some stale dates	Proportional to fresh percentage
All dates stale	0
No data	0

Use Cases

• Monitor whether sales reps are keeping opportunity dates current
• Track stale contacts that haven’t been updated recently
• Ensure compliance-related dates are being maintained
• Identify “dead” records that may need cleanup or archival