# How to serialize XML to UTF-8 (czech characters)

**URL:** <https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 5, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038 "2025-06-05T08:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![vosy](https://forum.alumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ecd19e/32.png) [@vosy](https://forum.alumio.com/u/vosy)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038/1 "2025-06-05T08:44:07Z")

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How to ensure that the text from the “name” attribute and others is converted to UTF-8?

czech chars - ěščřžýáíéůúťň …

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-05 at 10.32.46](https://alumio-forum.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/2/2145ef30b71f3163d2746996100754a0185fd26d.png)

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**Author:** ![r.candrian](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/r.candrian/32/235_2.png) [@r.candrian](https://forum.alumio.com/u/r.candrian)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038/4 "2025-06-10T08:15:13Z")

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Hi @vosy,

Thank you for reaching out with this question.  
We will pass this on to the team and let you know when we receive a reply.

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**Author:** ![r.candrian](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/r.candrian/32/235_2.png) [@r.candrian](https://forum.alumio.com/u/r.candrian)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038/5 "2025-06-10T13:30:35Z")

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Hi @vosy,

Thank you for your feedback.

We want to inform you that at this moment, that’s not possible.  
However, our team has created a story for this issue. However, there is no estimate yet on when it will be available.

When it’s released, it will be announced on the Release Notes page.

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**Author:** ![r.candrian](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/r.candrian/32/235_2.png) [@r.candrian](https://forum.alumio.com/u/r.candrian)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038/7 "2025-06-11T06:47:43Z")

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Hi @vosy,  
We have an update for this case.  
Could you please try this configuration?

 ![image](https://alumio-forum.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/e/e44c89efe072d20037743aff26bf7d5d5cff3033.png)

It should bring back your Chezh character to its original form.

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**Author:** ![vosy](https://forum.alumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ecd19e/32.png) [@vosy](https://forum.alumio.com/u/vosy)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-serialize-xml-to-utf-8-czech-characters/2038/8 "2025-06-11T06:57:30Z")

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YEAAA, thank you very much! it works, thank you very much!