Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DAX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DAX to another file type
To convert DAX Data files to another format, you need Power BI or other Data software.
Convert a file to DAX
To convert other file formats to the "Query Script File" file type, you need software like Power BI or a similar tool.
About DAX files
The .DAX file format is most commonly a Data Analysis Expressions query or script used by business intelligence platforms like Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). These files store queries written in the DAX language to retrieve and manipulate data within tabular data models. Developers frequently use tools like DAX Studio to create and optimize these files. Alternatively, the .DAX extension is used for TOPSIM General Management business simulation decision files, DA# modeling tool database diagrams, Pegasus Workflow XML descriptors, or even PSP Compressed ISO disc images. Because a .DAX query file is essentially raw text formatted in UTF-8 or UTF-16, the text formatting itself is not the problem. The limitation is that executing these files requires an active connection to a Power BI or SSAS data model. Without the underlying database, the .DAX file is just unexecuted code. Furthermore, if your file is a proprietary TOPSIM or DA# file, it is completely useless without an expensive software license. Standard online converters fail to process these files because they lack the specific database engines or proprietary application logic required to render the outputs. For query files, the best conversion target is usually standard TXT or SQL for easier viewing in generic text editors. If you want the actual data, you must run the query inside Power BI and export the results to CSV or XLSX. If you do not know which application created your file, this format is difficult to open or convert blindly. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DAX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DAX file to SQL, JSON, MDX, TEXT, ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD or QCOW, you can use Power BI or similar software from the "Data Analysis Expressions Script" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to DAX, try Power BI or another comparable tool in the "Data Analysis Expressions Script" category.
The DAX Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DAX converter.