CSV input/output matrix

This table explains the formatting options when CSV or Excel CSV is selected as the export file format in Sage CRM.

Input

Export File Format

User Preferences Delimiter

Contains Extended Characters

Delimiter

CSV

Comma

No

Comma

CSV

Semicolon

No

Semicolon

CSV

Tab

No

Tab

CSV

Comma

Yes

Comma

CSV

Semicolon

Yes

Semicolon

CSV

Tab

Yes

Tab

Excel CSV

Comma

No

Tab

Excel CSV

Semicolon

No

Tab

Excel CSV

Tab

No

Tab

Excel CSV

Comma

Yes

Tab

Excel CSV

Semicolon

Yes

Tab

Excel CSV

Tab

Yes

Tab

 

Output

Encoding

Padding

Renders correctly in Excel

Example

UTF-8

No

No

Test 01,00001,”Test, 02” <CR LF>

UTF-8

No

No

Test 01;00001;Test, 02<CR LF>

UTF-8

No

No

Test 01<Tab>00001<Tab>Test, 02<CR LF>

UTF-8

No

No

Test 01,00001,”Test, 02” <CR LF>

UTF-8

No

No

Test 01;00001;Test, 02<CR LF>

UTF-8

No

No

Test 01<Tab>00001<Tab>Test, 02<CR LF>

UTF-16 LE

Yes

Yes

=”Test 01”<Tab>=”00001”<Tab>=”Test, 02”<CR LF>

UTF-16 LE

Yes

Yes

=”Test 01”<Tab>=”00001”<Tab>=”Test, 02”<CR LF>

UTF-16 LE

Yes

Yes

=”Test 01”<Tab>=”00001”<Tab>=”Test, 02”<CR LF>

UTF-16 LE

Yes

Yes

=”Test 01”<Tab>=”00001”<Tab>=”Test, 02”<CR LF>

UTF-16 LE

Yes

Yes

=”Test 01”<Tab>=”00001”<Tab>=”Test, 02”<CR LF>

UTF-16 LE

Yes

Yes

=”Test 01”<Tab>=”00001”<Tab>=”Test, 02”<CR LF>


For Excel CSV, if a field contains <tab> or <CR LF> these characters are not present in the exported file.