Freshness monitoring

Know when a table goes quiet — before a dashboard lies.

The problem

A key table stops updating on Friday. Monday’s board deck still renders. Nobody notices until someone asks why the number looks off.

The outcome

VectorData watches the tables you name, compares last-modified metadata to your threshold, and sends one calm alert when freshness breaks.

Metadata only

No row reads from BigQuery

Per table

Thresholds you set per dataset

1 alert

Per root cause — not a page storm

Capabilities

Start with the tables that feed leadership dashboards, then expand coverage as you go.

Hours, not vibes. Warning and critical states you can explain in a standup.

Lag sparklines and status over time — paste into the incident note.

See which downstream models and KPIs sit on the stale table.

Related use cases

dbt failure triage

Failed models and tests, grouped — not twenty Slack pings.

BigQuery cost spikes

Catch the rogue scan before finance sees the invoice.