Symptoms

  1. Go Home > Products > Online Store
  2. Click on Switch Store button
  3. Click Import Store, specify a Store package and click Save

The following error is thrown:

UTF8 decoding error: U_INVALID_CHAR_FOUND

Cause

The issue is caused by #PBA-86261 "Online Store import fails with UTF8 decoding error: U_INVALID_CHAR_FOUND" and occurs if Online Store screen description contains a non-ASCII character followed by a new line, for instance:

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Test

Resolution

Please contact your Technical Account Manager or a member of Pooled Technical Associates Team to clarify status of the software-related issue. As a workaround, please, adjust the Online Store screens description to avoid the condition described above.

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