# Read a configuration file Acquire / file A variant of [Read another file format](https://meridian.online/operations/read-another-file-format). Read a YAML, TOML, properties or INI file into rows. Page: ## 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: [`TOML`](https://github.com/slothflowlabs/duckle/blob/f85f8960edfb6efbf4cb89d58a7b32e16df0e867/website/docs/components.html) (read 2026-09-25) - Duckle: [`YAML`](https://github.com/slothflowlabs/duckle/blob/f85f8960edfb6efbf4cb89d58a7b32e16df0e867/website/docs/components.html) (read 2026-09-25) - Apache Hop: [`Properties file Input`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/propertyinput.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Yaml Input`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/yamlinput.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache NiFi: [`YamlTreeReader`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.yaml.YamlTreeReader/) (read 2026-09-27) - Pentaho Data Integration: [`Property Input`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27) - Pentaho Data Integration: [`Yaml Input`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27) - Talend: [`tFileInputProperties`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/properties/properties-component) (read 2026-09-27) - VisiData: [`toml (loader)`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/loaders/toml.py#L12) (read 2026-09-23) - VisiData: [`yml (loader)`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/loaders/yaml.py#L7) (read 2026-09-23)