**Author:**  [@JamesMayled](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JamesMayled)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/1 "2026-09-11T20:20:20Z")
I’m seeing that Report Builder CSV exports now include full HTML markup inside the cells. Every advancement status is wrapped in an `` tag instead of being plain text. For example, a cell that should just say “Approved” is coming through as an HTML link with classes and a URL.
The result is that the CSV isn’t really a CSV anymore, it’s the raw HTML table copied into a comma‑separated file. This makes the data difficult to use in spreadsheets or reporting tools unless you strip all the tags first.
This didn’t used to be the case, and I haven’t seen any announcement about a change.
Are other units seeing the same behavior? Is this an intentional update or a bug? Any official guidance or workaround would be helpful.
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**Author:**  [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/2 "2026-09-11T20:23:40Z")
@JamesMayled yes this has already been reported - watch the change logs
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**Author:**  [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/3 "2026-09-11T20:32:08Z")
@JamesMayled do you have an REF# of the Report? and what are you viewing the CSV in?
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**Author:**  [@JamesMayled](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JamesMayled)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/4 "2026-09-11T20:44:52Z")
ReportID=2198427. Importing the csv into Power Query but can see the markup in Notepad.
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/5 "2026-09-11T20:50:34Z")
@JamesMayled - when the screen version of the report generates there is a ref number at the very bottom
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**Author:**  [@JamesMayled](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JamesMayled)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/6 "2026-09-11T20:51:28Z")
**ref: PD-20260911150930-408716-794213**
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**Author:**  [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/7 "2026-09-11T20:52:32Z")
Are you getting things like
\Not Started"
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**Author:**  [@JamesMayled](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JamesMayled)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/8 "2026-09-11T20:53:33Z")
Yes that’s exactly what I’m seeing.
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**Author:**  [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/9 "2026-09-11T20:54:02Z")
But it is Text editors? not Spreadsheet programs?
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**Author:**  [@JamesMayled](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JamesMayled)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/10 "2026-09-11T20:57:10Z")
Yes I can see it in text editors but also my existing Excel Power Query queries are failing without adding extra code to strip out all the tags
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/11 "2026-09-15T17:08:46Z")
@JamesMayled - please check the csv output again.
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**Author:**  [@RyanTashma](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/RyanTashma)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/12 "2026-09-19T15:27:11Z")
Despite the bug fix reported in [September 15, 2026 Scoutbook Plus Updates - Report Builder](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/september-15-2026-scoutbook-plus-updates-report-builder/511944), I’m still seeing this issue.
Report: ref: PD-20260919101229-988413-156217
The HTML version of the report is pretty broken, too.
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/13 "2026-09-19T15:43:28Z")
@RyanTashma - not see this on the troop or crew side. What are your selection options
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**Author:**  [@RyanTashma](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/RyanTashma)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/14 "2026-09-25T18:40:57Z")
@Stephen_Hornak I have all Scouts in one den selected.
FWIW, I saw this on the troop side yesterday when I ran a report on Horsemanship MB ( **ref: PD-20260925133811-628047-676811** ):
The less-than signs are from HTML anchor tags that appear in the CSV:
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/15 "2026-09-25T18:48:39Z")
@RyanTashma - ah I see. I do the same on a MB report but i did clear those tags out using ctrl-f and replace all.
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**Author:**  [@RyanTashma](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/RyanTashma)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/16 "2026-09-27T23:16:47Z")
@Stephen_Hornak Ctrl-F was my work-around on the troop side, too.
But **the Cub report is** **completely unusable**. Trying to do some planning for 20+ AOLs who have varying degrees of attendance… and we’re dead in the water. Den Leaders are reverting to personal spreadsheets for tracking.
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/17 "2026-09-27T23:23:28Z")
@RyanTashma - this will need to be reported. Personally the active web links are really not necessary and should be removed. That is the blue clickable items befoe pdf or csv export
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**Author:**  [@RyanTashma](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/RyanTashma)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/18 "2026-09-27T23:30:24Z")
@Stephen_Hornak That’s what I was trying to do here. 😉
@DonovanMcNeil Issue remains even after being reported as fixed. Can you comment or escalate?
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/19 "2026-09-27T23:32:37Z")
@RyanTashma - what I meant was to be reported to the dev team
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**Author:**  [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/report-builder-csvs-exporting-html-markup/511912/20 "2026-09-28T12:25:33Z")
@RyanTashma - in interim I suggest the advancement quick export
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