How to open CSV files with the correct delimiter/separator in excel

Adding “sep=;” or “sep=,” to the CSV

When you have a CSV that is separated by semicolons (;) and your system/Excel default is commas (,), you can add a single line to tell Excel what delimiter to use when opening the file. To do this:

  1. Open your CSV using a text editor.
    1. Windows: NotePad (notepad.exe)
    2. Mac: TextEdit (textedit.app)
  2. Skip a line at the top, and add sep=; if the separator used in the CSV is a semicolon (;), or sep=, if the separator is a comma (,). 
  3. Save, and re-open the file.

Please refer this article for the more details.

Published by Sandeep Kumar

He is a Salesforce Certified Application Architect having 11+ years of experience in Salesforce.

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