CSV Export delimeter issues

Hi,
I have column in report which contains comma,tab and various special characters. The report displays fine on dashboard but when it is exported via CSV or tab delimited option the cells values shift sideways where it encounters a comma ( in case of csv) which gives incorrect result for the rest of the columns when report is downloaded. Is there a workaround to resolve the issue at OBIEE level?
Version OBIEE 11g
Thanks.

Hi all,
Thanks for the inputs.
The issue is now resolved.
I had amended the " before and after the field in the mapping by writing a simple udf.
str = '"' + str + '"';
return str;
The csv file is now generating properly.
Since the file has to open as an excel file other options like fixed field lengths and having a different delimiter that , were not working properly.
This approach works perfectly.

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KIMYONG : basic Export / Attachment issues 가이드

Purpose
======
이 문서는 Support Analayst / DBA에게 Export /Attachments issues 발생시
조치할수 있는 기본적인 Troubleshooting Guide를 소개하고자 합니다.
Explanations
======
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protocol varchar2(200);
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includes the dates the file was uploaded and will expire, the associated program name and
tag, and the language and Oracle characterset.
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such as striping, partitioning, or purging the table if the program is de-installed.
They are otherwise strictly informative.
These columns and the expiration date are properly set when the
procedure FND_GFM.CONFIRM_UPLOAD is called. If not called, the column
expiration_date remains set, and will eventually be purged by the procedure
FND_GFM.PURGE_EXPIRED.
FND_DOCUMENTS_LONG_RAW stores images and OLE
Objects, such as Word Documents and Excel
spreadsheets, in the database. If the user elects
to link an OLE Object to the document, this table
stores the information necessary for Oracle Forms
to activate the OLE server, and it saves a
bit-mapped image of the OLE server's contents.
If the user does not elect to link an OLE Object,
the entire document will be stored in this table.
FND_DOCUMENTS_LONG_TEXT stores information about
long text documents.
FND_DOCUMENTS_SHORT_TEXT stores information about
short text documents.
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from fnd_attachment_functions
where function_name like '%FND_%';
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from dba_tables
where table_name='FND_LOBS';
SQL>select *
from fnd_profile_options_tl
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sum(b.bytes) FREE_BYTES , count(*) EXTENTS
from dba_data_files a, dba_free_space b
where a.file_id = b.file_id AND A.TABLESPACE_NAME=<TABLESPACE_NAME>
group by a.tablespace_name, a.bytes
order by a.tablespace_name ;
Examing Profile Option value
SQL>select *
from fnd_profile_options_tl
where profile_option_name='FND_EXPORT_MIME_TYPE' ;
SQL>select b.profile_option_name,level_id,profile_option_value
from fnd_profile_option_values a, fnd_profile_options b
where a.application_id=b.application_id
and a.profile_option_id=b.profile_option_id
and b.profile_option_name in ('FND_EXPORT_MIME_TYPE') ;
Procedure FND_GFM.GET ANALYSIS
http://aoltest2.idc.oracle.com:8000/pls/VIS/fndgfm/fnd_gfm.get/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc
access
SQL>select substr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc',instr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc','/',1)+1,instr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc','/',2)-2) access from dual ;
560074272
file_id
SQL>select substr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc',instr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc','/',2)+1,(instr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc','/',-1)-instr('/560074272/298951/fnd_gfm.doc','/',2)-1)) from dual ;
298951
Profile Options being referenced in the package FND_GFM
FND_EXPORT_MIME_TYPE
FND_NATIVE_CLIENT_ENCODING
Lookup Type Being used in the package FND_GFM
SQL>select tag,lookup_code,meaning
from fnd_lookup_values_vl
where lookup_type='FND_ISO_CHARACTER_SET_MAP';
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Joel

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There's a bug in the 1.5.3 release of SQL Developer regarding data export. This bug re-orders the column order in the data export to be alphabetically sorted. This produces mangled CSV files if used on a table or a view.
This is a critical bug to me since I need to produce lots of ad-hoc data CSV export files. I'm staying with SQL Developer 1.5.0.53 (53.38) for now as it doesn't have this problem.
This is the same bug as present in Jdeveloper 11.1 as described in my post here: BUG: Jdev 11.1.1.0.0 -- DB table data export column order is not preserved
Quoted from that post:
When I connect to Oracle database, get the table list, right click on the table and select 'Export Data'->csv. The dialog box opens with three tabs: Format, Columns, Where. The column order displayed in both tabs Columns and Where is alphabetic. Because alphabetic ordering re-arranges columns from their initial ordering in the table, this screws up CSV export because columns are not in their intended order. This same problem occurs when I try to export data from views to generate a CSV file with a particular column order.
Please open/check bug report if it's already open.
Thanks!

This happens with all of the export options for tables or views if you right click from the connections tab table list. If I pull it up in the main window and go to the data tab, I can then right click and it will keep the column id order for some of the views and tables. But not all.
I am running 1.5.3 Build Main 5783 on a Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 platform

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thanks for youe help.

Hi,
See if this Denes blog post help
http://deneskubicek.blogspot.com/2007/03/csv-export-problem.html
Regards,
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