diff --git a/openbis-ipad/ipad-example-data/ipad-ui/1/dss/reporting-plugins/ipad-read-service-v1/ipad_read.py b/openbis-ipad/ipad-example-data/ipad-ui/1/dss/reporting-plugins/ipad-read-service-v1/ipad_read.py
index ee7a9fbb4ff037a69e4d78ab705969719841730e..e12f6b88cd78110ba9c4da1aff45a866a47b35a8 100644
--- a/openbis-ipad/ipad-example-data/ipad-ui/1/dss/reporting-plugins/ipad-read-service-v1/ipad_read.py
+++ b/openbis-ipad/ipad-example-data/ipad-ui/1/dss/reporting-plugins/ipad-read-service-v1/ipad_read.py
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ class RequestHandler(object):
 		"""Append a row of data to the table"""
 		row = self.builder.addRow()
 		for header in self.headers:
-			if entry.get(header):
-				row.setCell(header, str(entry.get(header)))
+			value = entry.get(header)
+			if value is not None:
+				row.setCell(header, value)
 			else:
 				row.setCell(header, "")
 
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ def material_to_dict(material, material_type_properties_definitions):
 	property_definitions = material_type_properties_definitions.get(material.getMaterialType(), [])
 	properties = properties_for_entity(material, property_definitions, prop_names)	
 	properties.append({'key' : 'VERY_LONG_PROPERTY_NAME', 'label' : 'Very Long Property Name', 'value' : "This is a very long text that should span multiple lines to see if this thing works, you know, the thing that causes the other thing to place text on multiple lines and stuff like that, etc., etc., so on and so forth."})
+	properties.append({'key' : 'UNICODE_PROPERTY', 'label' : 'Unicode Property', 'value' : u'A pr\u00F6perty w\u00EFth accents.'})
 	material_dict['PROPERTIES'] = json_encoded_value(properties)
 	return material_dict