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Odd characters in CSV File

Symptoms

You receive a CSV file attachment in your summary report and it contains odd characters.

Example: Size changed from "97Â 280 bytes" to "191Â 488 bytes""

Cause

The CSV file when opened in Excel is opened in a Win1251 Charset.

Resolution

  1. Use the data import feature of Microsoft Excel and import the CSV file in UTF8 format.