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Bug when uploading CSV to Kibana 5, containing non English characters #8506

@DennisHaug

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@DennisHaug

Hi, i may have found a bug regarding non English characters in CSV files.
Description and screenshots + CSV file are below.

Kibana version:
kibana-5.0.0-beta1
Elasticsearch version:
elasticsearch-5.0.0-beta1
Server OS version:
Windows 10 Enterprise
Browser version:
Firefox 49.0.1
Chrome 53.0.2785.116 m (64-bit)
Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.):
Download page
Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:
Problem: Uploading csv file with non English characters causes them to be replaced with �.
Expected: Characters are formatted properly.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to the upload CSV page.

  2. Upload a CSV containing non English characters, in this case Ø and Å.

    excel info

  3. The preview window will now show "�" instead of the non english characters:
    kibana upload chrome

  4. After saving, the characters are also wrong when exploring the data:
    elastic results

Link to CSV file:
people.zip

I did not get any errors in the console in either Elasticsearch or kibana.

Please let me know if i am missing any information in this post, or if it is a duplicate / not a bug at all.

Best Regards
Dennis Haug

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