Error: ASCII 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xb5'

Question

When viewing the data it shows me the error in python - arcpy

KimberlyGarbade · Answer

I found a discussion on this topic on Stackoverflow, where someone else had the same problem.

I'm posting a link to the python docs thy post references below. I didn't want to paste a link to the post itself (I know people have security concerns) so I'm pasting images below that get to the "good parts" of the post.  The first is a description of the problem, the second the suggested solution:

Issue from link:

Solution from link:

Python docs:

https://docs.python.org/2.7/howto/unicode.html

H__DanielRamos_Mendoza · Answer

I am using python 2.7

DanPatterson · Answer

encoding should be utf-8.  It is the default for python 3.x and arcgis Pro as well