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When using Export to CSV/Excel functionality, apostrophe is added before the special character hyphen/dash (-) in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 20-Nov-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 12.0.2.15
  • Windchill PDMLink 12.1.2.6 to 13.1

Description

  • When using Export to CSV or Export to Excel functionality, apostrophe is added before the special character hyphen/dash (-) 
  • If we provide any value leading with dash or hyphen (-) to any Attribute such as Name for a WTPart object and then later from Mult-level Bill of Report, if we use the Export to CSV functionality, the Attribute Value has apostrophe or single quote (') before the dash or hyphen in the CSV file
  • Export to CSV and Export to Excel , for both cases apostrophe is added before the special character hyphen/dash (-) in Windchill PDMLink.
  • Additional Double quote (") is added while performing Export to CSV if Attribute value consists of at least one Double quote.
  • Steps to reproduce the behavior:
    1. Create a WTPart with Name as -Test33 (just ensure that the Attribute value starts with dash/hyphen)
      • Behavior is same for IBA and not just an issue for MBA such as Name
    2. Go to Structure tab of WTPart and from Reports section, generate Multi level BOM Report
    3. Once the Report is shown in new window, use Actions>Export List to file>Export to CSV Here, when the CSV is generated, the value in CSV file is shown as '-Test33
      • Notice an apostrophe is added before the text value
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