How to Convert CSV UTF-8 to Standard CSV Automatically?

You might want to explore using tools like Copilot or Claude. Describe your situation, and they should be able to generate a customized PowerShell script for you, making the process super easy!

Excel usually defaults to ANSI or Windows-1252 encoding for CSVs. You can automate the conversion with a simple PowerShell script. Just run this command, and it’ll handle all CSV files in the current directory:

```powershell
Get-ChildItem *.csv | For-EachObject {
Set-Content -Path $_.FullName -Value (Get-Content -Path $_.FullName) -Encoding ANSI
}
```

This will save your files without having to do it manually every time!

Have you checked what exactly Business Central supports? It's odd that it doesn't handle UTF-8, especially since many countries rely on Unicode for names and common words. Just make sure to validate your data after converting.

If possible, it might be easier to adjust the source generating the CSVs to use the older Windows-1252 format, which is what standard CSVs are in Excel. If that's not an option, here’s an alternative PowerShell script you can use:

```powershell
$inputFolder = "C:pathtoinput"
$outputFolder = "C:pathtooutput"
Get-ChildItem $inputFolder -Filter *.csv | ForEach-Object {
$content = Get-Content $_.FullName -Encoding UTF8
$content | Out-File "$outputFolder$($_.Name)" -Encoding Default
}
```

Just update the folder paths as needed, and it will convert all CSVs from the input folder to the output folder with the same names.