diff --git a/models/intermediate/kpis/schema.yml b/models/intermediate/kpis/schema.yml
index 403f5a4..b0cb70d 100644
--- a/models/intermediate/kpis/schema.yml
+++ b/models/intermediate/kpis/schema.yml
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ models:
       deal regarding its activity. This information is encapsulated in the following columns:
 
       deal_lifecycle_state: contains one of the following states
-      - 01-New: Deals that have been created in the current month, that are not offboarded.
-      - 02-Never Booked: Deals that have been created before the current month, without bookings, that are not offboarded.
+      - 01-New: Deals that have been created in the current month according to HubSpot, that are not offboarded.
+      - 02-Never Booked: Deals that have been created before the current month, or in the current month but are not in HubSpot, without bookings, that are not offboarded.
       - 04-Active: Deals that have booking activity in the past 12 months (not reactivated), that are not offboarded.
       - 05-Churning: Either Deals that are offboarded in that month or Deals that are becoming inactive because of lack of bookings in the past 12 months
       - 06-Inactive: Either Deals that have been previously offboarded or Deals that have not had a booking for more than 12 months. 
@@ -488,12 +488,16 @@ models:
           Effective start date of the deal, this corresponds to the date a deal has 
           gone live according to Hubspot.
           It can be Null if the deal doesn't appear in HubSpot.
+        data_tests:
+          - not_null
       - name: effective_deal_start_month
         data_type: date
         description: |
           This field represents the first day of the month of the effective deal 
           start date. This is obtained by truncating the effective deal start date 
           to the month.
+        data_tests:
+          - not_null
       - name: hubspot_deal_cancellation_date_utc
         data_type: date
         description: |