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2660570 - Special Characters Broken - BizX Platform

Symptom

After the June 2018 Release special characters are being displayed as symbols in the customers instance.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP Jam Collaboration

Reproducing the Issue

Example of the issue with the French language:

Normally it's "Appréciation d'équipe" was being displayed as " ApprÃ�©ciation Ã�©quipe "

Resolution

Reupload the .csv file with the proper texts and ensure it is encoded as UTF-8. A good way to see the file encoding is by opening the .csv file with Notepad++ and go to the Encoding tab or check it using Notepad. In case the encoding is not UTF-8

When using Notepad++:

  1. Open the file using Notepad++
  2. Click the Encoding menu bar;
  3. Click Convert to UTF-8

When using Notepad:

  1. Open the file using Notepad
  2. Click Save as. On Save As, make sure you are selecting "All Files"
  3. On Encoding field, make sure to choose UTF-8
  4. The file name should still have csv on it such as filename.csv to ensure that it is being saved as a csv file.

Keywords

Language, French , Special Characters, Broken, Manage Languages, umlauts, UTF-8 with BOM, LOD-SF-PLT-LAN, characters, custom translations , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT-LAN , Manage Language & Text Replacements , LOD-SF-RCM , Recruiting Management , LOD-SF-JAM , SAP Jam , LOD-SF-PLT-PCK , Picklist Management Issue , Problem

Product

SAP Jam Collaboration all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions