# Read a table saved by a data tool

Acquire / file

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

Read back a table or project stored in a data tool's own saved format.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/read-another-file-format/read-a-table-saved-by-a-data-tool>

## 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).

- Alteryx Designer: [`Profile Input`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/behavior-analysis/profile-input-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`Import dataset`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:importdataset) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`De-Serialize From File`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/serialize-de-from-file.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Table Reader`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*bp4NXRcuSetwwXTK?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- OpenRefine: [`Import Project`](https://openrefine.org/docs/manual/starting#import-a-project) (read 2026-09-27)
- Pentaho Data Integration: [`De-serialize from file`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)
- Polars: [`DataFrame.deserialize`](https://docs.pola.rs/api/python/stable/reference/dataframe/miscellaneous.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Retrieve`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/retrieve.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Retrieve from Custom Extension`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Custom%20Operators/data_access/retrieve_custom_extension.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Retrieve from File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/external_retrieve.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- VisiData: [`vds (loader)`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/loaders/vds.py#L11) (read 2026-09-23)