| Reporter |
atx (atx)
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| Created | May 8, 2012 4:44:42 PM |
| Updated | Apr 26, 2013 6:35:16 PM |
| Priority | Normal |
| Type | Usability Problem |
| State | Open |
| Assignee | Alexander Buturlinov (alexander.buturlinov) |
| Subsystem | Import |
| Fix versions | No Fix versions |
| Fixed in builds | No Fixed in build |
| Affected versions | 3.2.2, 3.3 |
| Browser | Any Browser |
| OS | Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista |
| Verified in build | Not verified |
| Verified by | Nobody |
| Reviewed by | No reviewed by |
| Severity | Undefined |
Steps to reproduce the problem
1. export list of issues to CSV file
2. open the file in MS Excel on Windows with e.g. Polish or German regional settings (or any other with system-wide "list separator" set to ";")
What is the expected result?
Excel opens the file and shows data in columns
What happens instead?
Excel opens the file but whole rows are in one column
Reason and solution:
The CSV file exported by YouTrack always uses comma as separator. This prevents opening the file correctly by Microsoft Excel on some locale settings.
Reason is: Microsoft Excel expects the separator in CSV file to be a system-wide separator as set in Control Panel (Region and Language -> Additional -> List Separator). On some localizations it's comma character, on some other (e.g. most of european) it's semicolon. Now, if the separator in CSV file does not match "list separator" as set in Windows, MS Excel will not open file correctly (see screenshot).
Solution: put the "forced separator" directive in exported CSV files. YouTrack should add this line on top of each exported CSV:
This will force Excel to treat comma as separator no matter what are the Windows regional settings. The problem will then be solved for good.
Attachments:
See also here for similar problem:
http://superuser.com/questions/180964/how-to-open-semicolon-delimited-csv-files-in-us-version-of-excel
1. export list of issues to CSV file
2. open the file in MS Excel on Windows with e.g. Polish or German regional settings (or any other with system-wide "list separator" set to ";")
What is the expected result?
Excel opens the file and shows data in columns
What happens instead?
Excel opens the file but whole rows are in one column
Reason and solution:
The CSV file exported by YouTrack always uses comma as separator. This prevents opening the file correctly by Microsoft Excel on some locale settings.
Reason is: Microsoft Excel expects the separator in CSV file to be a system-wide separator as set in Control Panel (Region and Language -> Additional -> List Separator). On some localizations it's comma character, on some other (e.g. most of european) it's semicolon. Now, if the separator in CSV file does not match "list separator" as set in Windows, MS Excel will not open file correctly (see screenshot).
Solution: put the "forced separator" directive in exported CSV files. YouTrack should add this line on top of each exported CSV:
sep=,
This will force Excel to treat comma as separator no matter what are the Windows regional settings. The problem will then be solved for good.
Attachments:
- original.csv - example file exported by YouTrack
- original.png - screenshot of MS Excel (PL locale) opening the original.csv incorrectly
- fixed.csv - original.csv with "sep=," fix applied
- fixed.png - screenshot of MS Excel (PL locale) opening the fixed.csv correctly
See also here for similar problem:
http://superuser.com/questions/180964/how-to-open-semicolon-delimited-csv-files-in-us-version-of-excel