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Export CSV documents error
I am having issues to upload a file in CSV format, when I save it and another person/system opens the file they get a document fill of dots and commas and they can't change it.
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The csv file uses semicolon as separator.
If the recipient uses comma as list separator, all data will be dumped into the first column.
Solution: change the file extension from .csv to .txt.
When the recipient opens the .txt file, Excel will display the Text Import Wizard.
Select Delimited, then click Next.
Select Semicolon, then click Finish.
- Thank you, yes that's what we normally do but I have to upload it into a system that doesn't recognized the file and the system requires CSV file... don't know how to do it because it's only me getting this issue when saving it as CSV
As variant you may add in front
perhaps your system will recognize it. In Excel if open initial file
if open the file with sep=;
Not all version of Excel and not all other systems support sep definition, even it is in CSV standard, but you may try.
NEVER open a CSV file with Excel. ALWAYS import the CSV file via Power Query.
Within PQ you can change the datatype as it fits your locale.
- but if I have to upload it to a system that requests CSV document file it tells me there is an error with the file and doesn't recognized and it's not excel it is an upload, will this help?
