Purpose: When you are uploading data via CSV file, you will sometimes need to upload data that contain Unicode characters. A good example of this would be uploading records that contain the Cyrillic alphabet. With excel, you will need to transform the Unicode characters into UTF-8 format
Transform Unicode to UTF - 8
1. Open a blank excel sheet, and select Data
2. Import External Data by clicking on From Text/CSV button
3. Select your CSV file that contains the Unicode characters
4. Choose the dropdown next to File Origin and select UTF-8 or UTF-7 depending on what type of characters you are uploading. You'll see a preview of the file below it
5. Select Load and proceed through the entire guided setup in the wizard
6. Save your file in CSV UTF-8 format
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