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HarshDamania06
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Non english characters not importing properly

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Why are norwegian characters showing like this ? in data model

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ibarrau
Super User
Super User

Hi. It looks like you are using a wrong encoder. Are you taking data from csv? if you are, check this picture out:

encoding csvencoding csv

This encoding is UTF-8 it should solve a lot of crazy characters. Try changing that.

 

Regards, hope this helps,

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.


If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Happy to help!

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ibarrau
Super User
Super User

Hi. It looks like you are using a wrong encoder. Are you taking data from csv? if you are, check this picture out:

encoding csvencoding csv

This encoding is UTF-8 it should solve a lot of crazy characters. Try changing that.

 

Regards, hope this helps,

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.


If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Happy to help!

LaDataWeb Blog

Gordonlilj
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi,

 

What data source are you using?

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