Character Standard 
The R/3 System uses ISO character standards. With a transfer file that was written, for example, in ISO-Latin1, a data conversion on import is not necessary.
You must enter the following values for the +SC parameter in the administrative section of the transfer file (see
Transfer File for Phrases for example):- If the transfer file exists in the format of
SAP(ISO) code pages that are used in the R/3 System, enter the value
ISO-R/3
. The data is not converted when being imported.
If the transfer file exists in Microsoft code page format, enter the value
MS-NT
. The data is converted from Microsoft code page format to SAP(ISO) code page format.
When exporting, the environment parameter value EXPORT_CHARACTER_NORM that you specified in the IMG activity Specify Environment Parameters in Customizing for Product Safety controls the format in which the transfer file exists:
- If you have entered the value
ISO-R/3
, the transfer file is created in the format of SAP(ISO) code pages that are used in the R/3 System and no conversions are performed.
If you have entered the value
MS-NT
, the transfer file is created in Microsoft code page format and the data is converted from the format of the SAP(ISO) code pages used in the R/3 System to Microsoft code page format.
The R/3 System automatically enters the environment parameter value EXPORT_CHARACTER_NORM into the transfer file for the +SC parameter.
You must use
EH&S Native Language Support in order for the system to perform the conversions described when importing and exporting. This means that you must have set the environment parameter MULTI_CODEPAGE_SUPPORT in the IMG activity Specify Environment Parameters in Customizing for Product Safety.If you are not using EH&S NLS and your EH&S data is on the database in Microsoft code page format, you must not set the environment parameter MULTI_CODEPAGE_SUPPORT. Data is therefore not converted when either being imported or exported.