Prevent merged lead activity from overwriting source and created date fields

[Anonymous]

Currently when leads are merged all fields values are taken from the winning record, which is always the newest record or contact I think.  This causes fields like lead source and SFDC created date to be overwritten with the newest record's data.

There should be an option to choose for each field, at minimum source & date fields, whether the winning or losing record values are kept.

I'd be happy with a default that kept lead source and create dates for the oldest record.  But I'd really like to see the option to choose for every field.

Related discussion:  http://community.marketo.com/MarketoDiscussionDetail?id=90650000000PesYAAS

[Anonymous]

Jack is so right.  This behavior completely destroys the validity of our source attribution, Average Days to Op and more!  I wish I could vote for this multiple times!  I'd even prioritize this above an easier way to enter period costs that's how important this is ;0)

[Dan_Stevens_]

Wow, I did not realize this.  I'm assuming this also prevents RCA from reporting properly on merged records?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone found a solution to this? We are losing good data from incorrect form information overwriting fields in Marketo/Salesforce.