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Werk #11615: Bulk import: Fix error when trying to import host aliases with special characters

Component Setup
Title Bulk import: Fix error when trying to import host aliases with special characters
Date Dec 1, 2020
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.0.0b2 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When trying to import hosts with host aliases containing non ASCII characters an error was raised "AttributeError ('str' object has no attribute 'decode')" preventing the import.

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