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I am attempting to create a Power Automate flow that exports my SharePoint list item to a tab-separated text file. I plan to use that file to fill in a PDF form using BasicImportLoop, which I have already tested successfully. However, I am facing an issue: when I use the "Create CSV Table" action and then a Compose action to replace the commas with tabs, the output file looks like this xyz\tabc\tdef\t, which Adobe cannot read. Instead, I need the output to look like this xyz abc def, similar to how Excel exports a CSV file to a tab-separated document.  Any Ideas or solutions would be greatly appreciated.  
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    Ellis Karim 10,547 on at
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    Hi @CU17012133-0​​​​​​​ 

    You could set the tab character as decodeUriComponent('%09'), and then try replacing the commas with this value:
    Tab Character Ellis Karim's Blog
     
    Ellis Karim

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