# Can't load csv in preview
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 22, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455 "2021-06-22T03:06:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@msw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/msw)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455/1 "2021-06-22T03:06:14Z")
Hey,
I am trying to load a csv directly in ParaView using the Open option but I can only see single column with only row\_ids can somebody help me fix this problem?I wish to see all the columns in the Spreadsheet view.
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455/2 "2021-06-22T07:59:47Z")
please share your data.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455/4 "2021-06-24T08:19:13Z")
Your file seems to be badly encoded, it contains many “empty” char. how do you generate it ?
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### Author:  [@msw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/msw)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455/5 "2021-06-24T18:05:20Z")
Okay. Got it. So do I need to generate the new file for it to work or there is any work around?
Thank you so much for your response.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-load-csv-in-preview/7455/6 "2021-06-25T08:48:00Z")
You could fix it using sed I suppose, but fixing your file generation system would be much better.