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Salesforce Reporting Features Are Clunky and Slow to Learn

Users describe Salesforce's reporting tools as clunky, requiring extra time to figure out how to extract the specific data needed. The friction is manageable with workarounds but still adds unnecessary overhead to a core CRM function.

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