Card #1181 · Workday Marketplace
Inefficiency and data quality issues with custom field management
Merchants struggle with the inability to convert custom field types, forcing them to delete and recreate fields manually. This process is time-consuming and often leads to duplicate fields and inconsistent data quality in reporting.
Pain score
0.64/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.61distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.81upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 3 verified quotes
Having to delete a custom field and start from scratch and typing in the same input values adds up in time.
Manual date fields and free-text values look harmless until reporting needs consistency.
Now you have two fields, two reports, and a data quality team that wants to fight someone.
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