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I've uploaded data a bit and have never had an issue. Today I went to upload data and it came in as Chinese. I uploaded an English CSV file with multiple columns/rows and it read it as Chinese with 1 cell. I've recreated the file from new to make sure the original was not corrupted.



Before I call Customer Support I wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue. I'm hoping for a simple solution.
when you upload Chinese csv file your chinese characters will become like "???"

To avoid this you can upload tsv file.
As you mentioned the data in the CSV file are all in English, then please make sure the format of the file is CSV (comma separated value) / TSV (Tab-separated value).



Step 1, how to make "text to column": https://www.excel-easy.com/examples/text-to-columns.html



Step 2, save it as CSV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlfV7F_j07c



Step 3: Import it in Qualtrics

Please note: If you are importing a response then the data structure should match with your survey (you can check the data structure by exporting the data from data and analysis. You should keep the top 3 rows as is and include the data from row no. 4)
Thanks for your help. After calling Support, the told me their new importer can be a little glitchy at times. They instructed me to use the legacy uploader. Did that with no issues.

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