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CSV export uses comma as delimiter. Possible to change? #1594

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jassonmc opened this issue Feb 3, 2025 · 0 comments
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CSV export uses comma as delimiter. Possible to change? #1594

jassonmc opened this issue Feb 3, 2025 · 0 comments
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jassonmc commented Feb 3, 2025

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Export to CSV automatically uses comma as delimiter, which is pretty much always the worst idea of all.
A table entry simply needs to allow text input and a user entering a common sentence, which, by normal grammatically means, now and then requires to enter a comma.

The export of such data is immediately unsubale when exported to CSV.

I looked around in the Tables app, if there is any setting to change that to say semicolon, which is a lot more robust, but couldn't find one.
Even better would be a possibility for export to .xlsx , which immediately eliminates all potential delimiter related issues...

Edit:
I just figured, that Microsoft Excel uses the quotes surrounding a sentence with a comma to ensure all fits into one cell.
However, other office suites, like Onlyoffice, does not do that and therefore fails on import.

Describe the solution you'd like

A way to modify the delimiter character for CSV export.
Either globally or per user.

Even better would be export to Excel format .xlsx

Describe alternatives you've considered

There isn't any, which was obvious to me.

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@jassonmc jassonmc added 0. Needs triage Pending approval or rejection. This issue is pending approval. enhancement New feature or request labels Feb 3, 2025
@jassonmc jassonmc changed the title CSV export uses comma as delimiter. Very dangerous! CSV export uses comma as delimiter. Possible to change? Feb 3, 2025
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