# \[BUG IGN-1090\] system.tag.importTags with json file don't use utf-8 format?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703 "2020-11-16T19:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703/1 "2020-11-16T19:21:05Z")

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In the designer when I manually import udt json file in utf8 format, all is fine.

If I import the same file with **system.tag.importTags** , characters like **é** or **à** are “broken”.

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703/2 "2020-11-17T15:43:50Z")

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Yikes! I’ll file a ticket for this - should be straightforward. 😳

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703/3 "2020-11-17T15:55:43Z")

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Thanks ! You can merge it with Ticket: #134454

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703/4 "2020-11-18T10:39:03Z")

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Hope you could include this fix in 8.1.1 Final.  
We have plan to upgrade some project from 8.1.0 to 8.1.1 before the start in production.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-1090-system-tag-importtags-with-json-file-dont-use-utf-8-format/40703/5 "2020-12-09T12:23:50Z")

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Unfortunately this wasn’t able to be fixed for 8.1.1.

It’s still in progress and targeted for 8.1.2.