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CLOB DATA TYPE, SPECIAL CHARACTERS ARE DISPLAYED AS INVERTED QUESTION MARK IN FM and Report

Troubleshooting


Problem

Oracle CLOB data type, some special charters are displayed as inverted question mark within test data values from FM so report shows a wrong information to customer.

Symptom

EXPECTED RESULTS: show special characters "田氏" "솔루션"

ACTUAL RESULTS: the inverted question mark "¿¿" "¿¿"

[{"Product":{"code":"SSTSF6","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Report Authoring v11x","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"11.0.6;11.0.5;11.0.4;11.0.3;11.0.2;11.0.1;11.0","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSLKT6","label":"IBM Maximo Asset Management"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
13 January 2026

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