If a field in data entry has a type hint and the type can not normalize the given value then the user should receive feedback about this.
For example, the Start [date] field correctly normalizes 2016-02-18, but can not normalize 2016/02/18. Both represent the same dates to a human. Without normalisation the latter represents a flat string to Strata.
This break in user expectation is currently silently ignored. Possible options for improvement are:
Highlighting all fields that did not normalize,
showing notifications of field normalisation during preview.
If a field in data entry has a type hint and the type can not normalize the given value then the user should receive feedback about this.
For example, the
Start [date]
field correctly normalizes2016-02-18
, but can not normalize2016/02/18
. Both represent the same dates to a human. Without normalisation the latter represents a flat string to Strata.This break in user expectation is currently silently ignored. Possible options for improvement are: