Notes on Creating CSV Files

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To properly import a CSV file, read the warnings below and describe the data correctly.

Character Encoding

The following character codes are available.

  • Japanese (Shift-JIS)
  • English (Latin1)
  • Simplified Chinese (GBK/GB2312)
  • Unicode (UTF-8)

Delimiter

The following delimiters are available.

  • Comma (,)
  • Semicolon (;)
  • Tab
  • Space

Notations for Special Characters

Delimiter

To include the same character as a delimiter in the field value, enclose the value with double quotation marks (").
For example, assume that you import a CSV file that uses comma (,) as the delimiter.
If you want to specify '1,000' as the field value, enter the value as follows in a CSV file.

abc,"1,000",def

Double quotation mark

If the field value contains double quotation marks ("), you should specify two consecutive double quotation marks ("").
For example, to specify 'xy"z' as the field value, enter the value as follows in a CSV file.

abc,xy""z,def