We automatically do the right thing depending on the situation. The type engine is highly-precise when we generate our own schema. For example, JSON objects and arrays get converted to native struct and array types in data warehouses (e.g. Databricks, BigQuery) rather than strings.
But we're forgiving in other situations where we don't control schemas. For example, we'll automatically convert a source string type to a date when mapping to a Salesforce or Zendesk (or other cloud app) date field.
We automatically do the right thing depending on the situation. The type engine is highly-precise when we generate our own schema. For example, JSON objects and arrays get converted to native struct and array types in data warehouses (e.g. Databricks, BigQuery) rather than strings.
But we're forgiving in other situations where we don't control schemas. For example, we'll automatically convert a source string type to a date when mapping to a Salesforce or Zendesk (or other cloud app) date field.