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CSV file import error - Selected file is not Unicode

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Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to import a list of new items using CSV file.

Item number consists of number but item name is in Korean not English.

In this case, I checked the unicode flag set to Yes and tried to import the CSV file.

As shown below, the system didn't run because the file is not Unicode.

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Does anyone know how to fix this unicode error?

Thanks.

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,967 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Either use a file in Unicode (which is a good idea especially if you need characters from multiple languuages) or set your file formation with Unicode = No (and set the code page to the right language).

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    JS-07061926-0 6 on at
    I am seeing this issue as well.  I'm attempting to import Products V2 and some of the rows have PRODUCTNAMES that include characters that are not making their way through the import.  I verified that the characters are valid in product name by seeing if I could edit the name afterwards and get the original characters back in there.  So it seems to be a problem with the import itself.  I've worked with VerticalBarSeparated and VerticalBarSeparated-Unicode in my Manifest.xml.  VerticalBarSeparated allows the import to go through, but the characters are messed up.  VerticalBarSeparated-Unicode causes my import to fail right away, claiming that my "file is not Unicode."  I've made sure that the file is saved as UTF-8 and I've also tried an import with UTF-8 with BOM.  I've also tried with and without quotes around every single value.  I've also changed the Code page in the Regional settings to 65001 for the VerticalBarSeparated-Unicode source data format.
     
    Examples of characters not going in correctly are a different kind of dash, double and single quotes that, seemingly, are not the normal ones, fractions like 3/4 as one character, etc.
     
    Is there a way to get imports to allow these characters through if they are valid to save on the products by hand successfully?  I can't feasibly go back in and change the names by hand as I don't have a full list of characters that aren't going to make it through and there are potentially thousands of products that this is happening for.
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    Martin Dráb 237,967 Most Valuable Professional on at
    How have you configured VerticalBarSeparated-Unicode format?

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