# Most Recent Source Type

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** reports\
**Created:** [May 8, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947 "2017-05-08T11:53:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/21 "2020-10-21T00:07:05Z")

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Hi, everyone! We’re in the process of building and delivering some other highly requested/anticipated features before the end of the year. Letting everyone know that addressing most recent source type, as well as some of the other examples [@thomasboyd](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/92736) laid out, is something that is still on our roadmap. We’ll keep you all posted once we’re done with some of the heavy-lifting backend work.

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**Author:** ![jeckett](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jeckett/32/47092_2.png) [@jeckett](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jeckett)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/22 "2021-03-03T09:21:33Z")

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This is absolutely needed! Glad to see it’s in the roadmap.

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**Author:** ![davidgomez](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/davidgomez/32/74736_2.png) [@davidgomez](https://community.hubspot.com/u/davidgomez)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/23 "2021-03-03T09:30:02Z")

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Unbelievable that after 4 years since the first post Hubspot has done nothing to give us such useful information… so sad and frustrated… 😥

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**Author:** ![darshakparmar](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/darshakparmar/32/102437_2.png) [@darshakparmar](https://community.hubspot.com/u/darshakparmar)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/24 "2021-04-22T17:21:04Z")

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4 years and still counting… god knows when is this going to happen. I am curious to know how other customers of HubSpot are solving this problem?

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/25 "2021-04-23T21:56:39Z")

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Thanks everyone for the continued feedback.

I’ve been pulling together feedback from this idea as well as others. What I’m noticing is that it’s not just the most recent source people are looking for. Often times, there are other moments that marketers need to know the source of.

If anyone wants to provide input, I’d love to hear what you all think about the following:

Contact/Company property:

-Most recent source (the same logic that powers original source)

-First form submission source

-Most recent form submission source

-[Became x lifecycle stage] source

Events:

-For all form submissions and sessions (page views), include the source as metadata to the event

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**Author:** ![AbhiJadhav](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/abhijadhav/32/9140_2.png) [@AbhiJadhav](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AbhiJadhav)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/26 "2021-05-07T00:39:41Z")

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@dmastin The most recent source at a lead level makes sense because it might be years after the contact was first entered that the actual conversion occurs. Once that conversion occurs, subsequent conversions from the same company are not as useful. However, I can see a scenario where the original lead goes cold/leaves and it gets picked back up by someone else. At that point, it is useful to see the most recent source by company. But there isn’t a clean answer. Often what happens is that once the contact is established, additional employees from the same company will download assets. So at that point, recent source at the company level is not very useful.

That said, a most recent source by lead is absolutely critical! Two thumbs up for passing source as part of the conversion event.

Thanks for your consideration.

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/27 "2021-05-10T22:20:09Z")

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Thanks for sharing your feedback, @AbhiJadhav ! This makes sense to me.

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**Author:** ![ABWB](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/abwb/32/2490_2.png) [@ABWB](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ABWB)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/28 "2021-06-04T13:53:56Z")

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YES, we need this ASAP. This would be a huge benefit to our metric reporting and spend decisions!

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**Author:** ![Tksarda](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/tksarda/32/84335_2.png) [@Tksarda](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Tksarda)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/29 "2021-06-29T07:58:19Z")

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Hey @dmastin, I see in your previous comments that you mentioned that Hubspot is working and set to launch this feature of “recent source drill down” end of 2020. May I request an update there? Any progress? Any ETA? Thanks. It’s very very important for marketers to calculate the correct attribution and reporting.

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/30 "2021-07-01T15:30:24Z")

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Hi, @Tksarda - Without giving away too much detail, we’re still prioritizing this work. However, ‘most recent source’ may take on a different name and we’re viewing this as one of many aspects of the ‘original source’ problem we want to solve for.

If you’re free in August, we’d love to chat with you directly to hear your feedback. Let me know!

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**Author:** ![darshakparmar](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/darshakparmar/32/102437_2.png) [@darshakparmar](https://community.hubspot.com/u/darshakparmar)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/31 "2021-08-09T16:11:06Z")

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@dmastin do you have any update on this? What is the timeline?

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**Author:** ![ABWB](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/abwb/32/2490_2.png) [@ABWB](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ABWB)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/32 "2021-08-09T16:13:38Z")

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Yes, we really need this! Any ETA of launch?

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/33 "2021-08-09T18:58:50Z")

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Our team is building a prototype now. No ETA on when it will be available for beta. Barring any unforeseen snags, we hope to have this into beta at some point soon. I’ll be sure to update you all!

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**Author:** ![terencejohncort](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/terencejohncort/32/102945_2.png) [@terencejohncort](https://community.hubspot.com/u/terencejohncort)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/34 "2021-08-17T16:46:11Z")

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I upvote this suggestion so hard.

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/35 "2021-10-25T22:14:53Z")

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This is now in a private beta!

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**Author:** ![sboug](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sboug/32/79091_2.png) [@sboug](https://community.hubspot.com/u/sboug)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/36 "2021-11-03T16:43:24Z")

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Hi @dmastin how can we request access to this beta?

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/37 "2021-11-10T20:54:46Z")

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Hello, all!

Effective early next week, be on the lookout for three new contact properties supported on all contacts:

- Latest source
- Latest source drill-down 1
- Latest source drill-down 2

These properties will look, feel, and work very similarly to the Original source property.

**What to expect when this property rolls out to all HubSpot portals:**

Once we roll out the latest source contact properties next week, you may notice that not _every_ single contact has a value. For contacts who are engaging with your website more frequently, their latest source property values will begin ‘hydrating’ naturally; for those who are less-engaged/still inactive, will be backfilling their values.

Additionally, we will be rolling out accompanying latest source properties for the deal and company object later this year. We’ll update this community post, as well as send a product notification, when they’re available.

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**Author:** ![thisisdatis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/thisisdatis/32/63860_2.png) [@thisisdatis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/thisisdatis)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/38 "2021-11-10T21:38:44Z")

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Amazing news!

A few questions for you @dmastin …

1. Do we have to register for a beta program, or will they be available to everyone?
2. Will the values automatically populate?
  1. If yes, is there a way for us to use workflows to define custom values based on specific actions. IE: From submission X triggers most recent lead source to populate with Lead Source Y?

3. Will the values populate when someone visits our site, when someone submits a form, both, or something else?
4. Will we be able to use these fields in other objects and functions like workflows, reports, etc?
5. Will this feature populate values for contacts that submit forms on external sites like Unbounce or Wordpress pages?
6. Lastly, will there be a date time stamp for latest source?

Thanks so much for sharing the great news!

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**Author:** ![darshakparmar](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/darshakparmar/32/102437_2.png) [@darshakparmar](https://community.hubspot.com/u/darshakparmar)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/39 "2021-11-11T05:13:55Z")

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Awesome news. Looking forward to this

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**Author:** ![dmastin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmastin/32/33826_2.png) [@dmastin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmastin)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/most-recent-source-type/1947/40 "2021-11-15T16:43:33Z")

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@thisisdatis

1. No need to request access - for this specific beta, we’re prioritizing access over backfilling historical data. Pending any issues, you should see the contact property in your HubSpot portal by end of day Eastern Standard Time.

2. Yes, they will automatically populate. Your workflow suggestion is a great one: my general recommendation is to use latest source data to trigger workflows that ‘stamp’ the source data onto custom properties that could in turn capture that source data for specific moments, like first form submission source, last source before xyz event, etc.

3. The value is tied to the most recent/latest **session.** Within a session, multiple views or page submissions could theoretically occur. So whatever source started the last session is what will show up.

4. Yes, you can use them in lists, workflows, and the advanced report builder.

5. Yes - as long as the HubSpot tracking code is installed, it should hydrate values.  
6. Not at this time.

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