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Incomplete structured data

structured_data.missing_required
Priority
Low
Severity
Warning

What we look for

The structured data (code that describes the page's content to search engines) on these pages lacks a field Google requires for its type, such as a name for a Product or a start date for an Event.

Why it matters

Without its required fields, the page does not qualify for rich results (extras such as stars, prices or dates in search results).

How to fix

Fill in the missing fields in the CMS, page template or the plugin that writes the structured data, then check the page with Google's Rich Results Test.

What it cannot know

Raptor checks the required fields of a few common types, in JSON-LD only. It does not run Google's full test.

Where you’ll see it

The id is stable, and every surface uses it, so it’s the thing to search for or hand to an agent.

Terminal
When it is one of the five findings under Fix first, raptor crawl prints the id under it.
Check: structured_data.missing_required
crawl.json and the CSV
The crawl JSON names the finding by this id, and so do the CSV and raptor_query.
"check_id": "structured_data.missing_required"
The HTML report
This link opens the finding in the report, and each finding shows its id.
crawl.html#finding=structured_data.missing_required
MCP
raptor_findings with this check_id returns the finding in full, with a fix brief ready to paste into a task. If it didn’t fire, it says why.
raptor_findings {
  "job_id": "...",
  "check_id": "structured_data.missing_required"
}