Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation From Exact Extract:

In Workday Prism Analytics, an Explode stage is used in a derived dataset to transform a multi-instance field into multiple rows, effectively creating single-instance fields for each instance. According to the official Workday Prism Analytics study path documents, the only field type you can select in the Explode stage is Multi-Instance (option B). A multi-instance field, often sourced from Workday data, contains multiple values for a single record (e.g., a list of certifications for a worker). The Explode stage “explodes” this field into separate rows, one for each instance, while converting the multi-instance fieldinto a single-instance field in the output. For example, if a worker has three certifications in a multi-instance field, the Explode stage would create three rows, each with a single certification value.

The other options are incorrect:

A. Numeric: Numeric fields are single-instance by nature and cannot be exploded, as they do not contain multiple values.

C. Single-Instance: Single-instance fields contain one value per record and cannot be used in an Explode stage, which requires a multi-instance field to operate.

D. Text: While a Text field can be single or multi-instance, the Explode stage specifically requires a Multi-Instance field, not just any Text field.

The requirement for a Multi-Instance field in the Explode stage ensures that the transformation can properly expand the data into multiple rows as intended.