[Merad]

AutoMapper is almost universally misused/abused. It's intended for use cases where 98% of the model's properties can be mapped automatically, typically where the result model isn't doing anything except excluding a few properties or maybe flattening a nested object. For anything else (i.e. any scenario involving significant changes in the data shape or structure) IMO you are better off writing the mapping by hand. But once devs get hold of AutoMapper, every mapping problem becomes a nail...