I’m seeing that Report Builder CSV exports now include full HTML markup inside the cells. Every advancement status is wrapped in an <a> 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 t…

@JamesMayled do you have an REF# of the Report? and what are you viewing the CSV in?

ReportID=2198427. Importing the csv into Power Query but can see the markup in Notepad.

@JamesMayled - when the screen version of the report generates there is a ref number at the very bottom

ref: PD-20260911150930-408716-794213

Are you getting things like <a class=aa-link" href=“/mobile/dashboard/admin/advancement/rank.asp?RankID=1&ScoutUserID=14252079”>Not Started"

Yes that’s exactly what I’m seeing.

But it is Text editors? not Spreadsheet programs?

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

@JamesMayled - please check the csv output again.

Report Builder CSVs Exporting HTML Markup

RyanTashma September 19, 2026, 3:27pm 12

Despite the bug fix reported in September 15, 2026 Scoutbook Plus Updates - Report Builder, 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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