Specifies whether to replace invalid UTF-8 characters in the content with a '?' character.

Data Type

bool

Default Value

false

Remarks

Sometimes, API responses or data from Certinia may contain invalid or corrupted UTF-8 sequences. These can cause parsing errors, export issues, or problems in downstream applications that expect well-formed UTF-8 content.

When ReplaceInvalidUTF8Chars is set to true, the component replaces any invalid UTF-8 characters with a '?' to ensure the data is safely consumable by systems that enforce strict encoding compliance. This prevents data retrieval errors and avoids failures in export or reporting workflows.

Enabling this property ensures data compatibility and stability in systems that require strict UTF-8 compliance. However, replacing characters could result in loss of original information in cases where the invalid characters were part of non-standard data. Use this property when encountering encoding errors or unreadable characters in your data results.

This property is useful when working with external applications or data pipelines that require clean, well-formed UTF-8 data and cannot tolerate encoding issues.