# Allow Updates on Original Source Drill-Down Fields

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/allow-updates-on-original-source-drill-down-fields/18412>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** object\
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/allow-updates-on-original-source-drill-down-fields/18412 "2020-01-28T19:16:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/allow-updates-on-original-source-drill-down-fields/18412/5 "2021-04-22T03:57:31Z")

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Absolutely required - clearly they’re not “read-only” as they can be erased (by editing Original Source) - so at least let us correct them properly.  
I now have incorrect capture of data in drilldown 1 which will rear its ugly head for MONTHS in report until the period simply falls off charts - unless I make some single-use custom field + workflows to populate it and train everyone to use this duplicate field instead. The thought of managing that going forwards makes me want to hang myself.

PS: _SERIOUSLY_ labour intensive but I suspect you actually _can_ correct this issue by creating duplicate contacts with correct values using the Forms API and then MERGING them - but it will take tooling and manual work.

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