CSV report looks corrupted on Microsoft Excel not supporting UTF8

You run a report asking to save the result in a CSV file. When you open the CSV file using Microsoft Excel, the content of the file looks corrupted.

Cause and solution:

To bypass this problem, make sure that the version of Microsoft Excel you are using supports the UTF8 character set. If it does not, install a more recent version that supports UTF8. Then, follow these steps to correctly open CSV reports from Microsoft Excel:
  1. Open Microsoft Excel.
  2. In the Data menu entry, select Import External Data and then Import Data.
  3. Select the CSV file saved and click Open.
  4. In the field File Origin, select UTF8.