Resolving issues when loading a CSV file into a dataset as a data source
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Updated at November 27, 2023
Issue description
- When trying to upload a CSV file as a data source for the dataset, you see the "Failed to upload file" message or the
ERR.FILE.PARSE_FAILED
error.
Solution
-
Check the encoding of data in your CSV file. Currently, we support
UTF-8
,UTF-16
,Windows-1251
, andUTF-8-sig
encodings. -
Check the correctness of column separators in the file (as well as their presence throughout the content from beginning to end). At the moment, we support
comma
,semicolon
, andtab
as column separators. -
Try uploading the file again by doing the following:
- Disable ad blockers in your browser
- Go to the DataLens dataset page in incognito mode
- Use a different browser.
If the issue persists
If the above recommendations did not help solve the issue, create a request for technical support
In the request, specify the following information:
- Link to the problematic dataset
- HAR-file built when attempting to add a joined table to the dataset
- CSV file that you are trying to upload to the dataset as a data source.
Alert
Before sending the CSV file to technical support, do not forget to clean it of sensitive content