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Posted on by Hinnack 69
 
Hello There, 
 
I have the following problem: We have implemented a page (incl. table) of type /API/ in our Business Central 365 environment (SaaS), which should receive posting information from an external financial accounting. This data is then further processed in a separate process. It is now the case that posting texts (freely fillable by the clerk) are also part of this posting information. Since we are in the German language area, it can happen that German umlauts are used in these posting texts. If we now want to use a simple Powershell script to transfer this data from the source system to the target system via an API call, the umlauts are not resolved correctly. Thus a /ü/ becomes a ///u00fc/ in the target column. We use (for test purposes) the following Powershell script:
 
 
 
After the transfer to Business Central 365 (SaaS) we get the following value for /BUCHUNGSTEXT/ in the target table:
 
 
////enter///
 

We would have expected the transferred /BUCHUNGSTEXT/ to appear in Business Central as we specified it.

We are urgently looking for a possible solution. Thank you very much for your support.

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  • YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 95,593 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Hi, I did a simple test in Postman and didn't encounter your problem. Hope the information below can give you some hints.
     
    More details:
     
    Thanks
    ZHU
  • Hinnack Profile Picture
    Hinnack 69 on at
    If we use the standard API it also works. But we use a custom API.  Apparently there is a difference between standard and custom API.
  • Ram Pranav Profile Picture
    Ram Pranav 50 on at
    Hi Hinnack,
     
    Can you please share a screenshot of the field added in the API Page? Please remove any other sensitive information.
     
    Regards,
    Ram Pranav.

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