# Read a BI extract file

Acquire / file

A variant of [Read another file format](https://meridian.online/operations/read-another-file-format).

Read the data held in an extract file written by a business-intelligence tool.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/read-another-file-format/read-a-bi-extract-file>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#read-another-file-format)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Duckle: [`Qlik QVD`](https://github.com/slothflowlabs/duckle/blob/f85f8960edfb6efbf4cb89d58a7b32e16df0e867/frontend/src/workflow-ui/palette-data.ts) (read 2026-09-25)
- EasyMorph: [`Import Qlik QVD file`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:importqlikview) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Read Hyper File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/applications/tableau/hyper_file/read_hyper_file.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Tableau Prep: [`Tableau data extracts`](https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_connect.htm) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tQVDInput`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/qlik-cloud/qlik-cloud-component) (read 2026-09-27)