Eligibility: Why Is My Score Missing?
Eligibility: Why Is My Score Missing?
Your Rubric Score requires three data points — sleep, activity, and nutrition. If any one is missing, no score is calculated for that day.
The Eligibility Gate
Every Daily Rubric Score requires:
- Sleep data — synced from Apple HealthKit
- Activity data — steps or active calories from Apple HealthKit
- At least one nutrition entry — logged via text, voice, or camera
If any of these is absent, the dashboard shows a list of missing items instead of a score. The message reads: “Here’s what’s needed to unlock your daily score,” followed by the specific items you’re missing, each with an icon and guidance text.
Common Issues and Fixes
| What You See | Likely Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep icon with guidance | Apple Health has no sleep data for the day | Wear your watch or tracker to bed. Confirm sleep tracking is enabled in your wearable’s companion app. |
| Activity icon with guidance | Apple Health has no step or active calorie data | Carry your phone or wear your watch. Check HealthKit permissions: iOS Settings > Privacy & Security > Health > Rubric. |
| Nutrition icon with guidance | No food logged for the day | Log at least one meal via text, voice, or camera. |
| No score card at all | HealthKit permissions not granted | Open Rubric and look for a permissions prompt. Or go to iOS Settings > Privacy & Security > Health > Rubric and enable all categories. |
| Score not updating after logging | Data sync delay | Pull down on the dashboard to force a refresh. HealthKit sync has a 30-minute rate limit between automatic syncs. |
The Minimum Viable Day
To get a score, you need: sleep data from last night, some physical activity recorded today, and at least one food entry. That’s it. The score may not be high — a bare-minimum day with a 1x multiplier and average metrics might land in the 20s — but it exists. A tracked day is always better than an untracked one.
Score States on the Dashboard
“Your Rubric Score will appear here” — Day zero. No data for this day yet. Log a meal, sync your wearable, and check back.
“Here’s what’s needed to unlock your daily score” — Eligibility not met. The card lists what’s missing with specific icons: moon for sleep, flame for activity, fork-and-knife for nutrition.
Score with “Provisional” label — Eligibility met, score calculated. May change as more data syncs. Scores lock 72 hours after the day ends.
If a past day shows missing items, that data was never recorded and cannot be scored retroactively.
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