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3169515 - Error : Data file does not follow CSV specification. Contact system admin, While uploading the Attachments in DWB.

Symptom

When you are uploading attachments in Data Workbench, you are getting the error, Data file does not follow CSV specification. Contact system admin.

Environment

 SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  • Go to Data Workbench -> Import
  • Select Attachment and then choose the Business Object
  • Click Next and then upload the zip file
  • In the next step, you will get the error Data file does not follow CSV specification. Contact system admin, While uploading the Attachments in DWB.

Cause

This is because, there is an invalid character in the manifest.csv file.

Resolution

Check for comma( ‚ ) or any other invalid character present in the fields Attachment Name and File path in manifest.csv file and then remove or replace it with an alphabet

Upload the file again once the special characters are removed

Keywords

Attachment, Data Workbench, manifest , KBA , LOD-CRM-INT-DWB , Data Workbench , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions