004021: Input file or zipped file is not a BOM UTF-8 CSV.

Description

The input file or zipped file (.zip) must be a UTF-8 BOM (byte order mark) encoded .csv file.

Solution

Save the .csv file with UTF-8 BOM encoding before using it as input to the Batch Geocode tool. Use a text editor that supports encoding to save the .csv file with UTF-8-BOM encoding, for example, Notepad++, as follows:

1. Open the .csv file in Notepad++.
2. Copy all the data from the .csv file to a new file in Notepad++.
3. Choose UTF-8-BOM from the Encoding menu.
4. Click Save As from the File menu.
5. Specify a name for the file including .csv as the file extension. For Keep the Save, use the default Normal text file (*.txt) option.
6. Resubmit the new .csv file as the input table for the tool.