Improved General Data Export (GDE) Handling of Empty Strings

Prior to this release, a string field with only spaces was exported as an empty string, like this "", by the General Data Export (GDE) batch process. This has introduced issues for some import flows implemented by customers.

As of this release, a field that contains only spaces is exported with a single space value, like this " ".  This change should not impact existing import processes as they should already be handling an empty string "" and a single space " " string in the same way. Note that there is no change to string fields that contain a value nor to those that their value is null. 

Exporting empty fields with all spaces values as a single space is less problematic to import flows implemented by customers.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

The functionality documented here was delivered in version 25.4 through Maintenance Pack 3.0.0 (Bug 37826006).