# Write a BI extract file

Publish / file

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

Write a table to an extract file a business intelligence product loads, such as a Hyper or QVD file.

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

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#write-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: [`Export into Qlik file`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:exportqlikview) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`Export to Tableau`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:exporttableau) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`KNIME Tableau Integration (extension)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/extensions/org.knime.features.ext.tableau.hyperapi) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Write Hyper File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/applications/tableau/hyper_file/write_hyper_file.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Write QVX`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/applications/qlik/write_qvx.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Tableau Prep: [`Hyper Extract (.hyper)`](https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_save_share.htm) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tQVDOutput`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/qlik-cloud/qlik-cloud-component) (read 2026-09-27)