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Validator overview

The Relative Time validator calculates the difference between two timestamp fields. This validator is useful for validating processing times, delivery durations, or ensuring events occur within expected time windows relative to each other. You can configure the Relative Time validator to calculate the following metrics: The relative time validator calculates the time difference on two fields for each record: Time difference=Source field−Field to subtract\text{Time difference} = \text{Source field} - \text{Field to subtract} The computed metric is then either max, min, or mean of the time difference within a window. The calculated fields must be valid timestamps.
The difference can be negative if the timestamp in the “Field to subtract” lies in the future relative to source field.
For an overview of all validator types, see Validator Types.

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Metric configuration parameters

For more information about configuring thresholds, see Thresholds.