# Import Error 'ascii' codec
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** import
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749 "2020-02-24T17:12:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Engo\_Rafael\_Gustavo](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Engo_Rafael_Gustavo)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749/1 "2020-02-24T17:12:31Z")
I have to import 700 readings for qiime. For this I divided into 10 groups with 70.
But I have this error.
Anyone can help me ?
(qiime2-2019.10) qiime@bioinfo-02:/ssdRaid/iscsi\_data/qiime/Rafael /Todos /Manifest$ qiime tools import --type 'SampleData[SequencesWithQuality]' --input-path ManifestG2 --output-path Grupo1.qza --input-format SingleEndFastqManifestPhred33
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/q2cli/builtin/tools.py", line 158, in import\_data
view\_type=input\_format)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/result.py", line 241, in import\_data
validate\_level='max')
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/result.py", line 267, in \_from\_view
result = transformation(view, validate\_level)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/core/transform.py", line 73, in transformation
other.validate(new\_view)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/core/transform.py", line 143, in validate
view.validate(level)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/plugin/model/directory\_format.py", line 171, in validate
getattr(self, field).\_validate\_members(collected\_paths, level)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/plugin/model/directory\_format.py", line 101, in \_validate\_members
self.format(path, mode='r').validate(level)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qiime2/plugin/model/file\_format.py", line 25, in validate
self._validate_(level)
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/q2\_types/per\_sample\_sequences/\_format.py", line 279, in _validate_
self.\_check\_n\_records(record\_count\_map[level])
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/site-packages/q2\_types/per\_sample\_sequences/\_format.py", line 239, in _check\_n\_records
for i, record in file_:
File "/home/qiime/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2019.10/lib/python3.6/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode
return codecs.ascii\_decode(input, self.errors)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x88 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)
An unexpected error has occurred:
'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x88 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)
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### Author:  [@Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Nicholas_Bokulich)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749/2 "2020-02-24T17:55:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Engo\_Rafael\_Gustavo](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Engo_Rafael_Gustavo)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749/3 "2020-02-25T15:41:49Z")
I can´t see your reply!
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### Author:  [@Engo\_Rafael\_Gustavo](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Engo_Rafael_Gustavo)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749/4 "2020-02-26T15:40:59Z")
Sorry guys, I restarted the process and it worked. My readings were in error in the download. I downloaded again and got positive results
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### Author:  [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-error-ascii-codec/13749/5 "2020-02-26T17:12:24Z")