How to convert your DIS file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DIS file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert DIS to another file type
The converter easily converts your DIS file to various formats - free and online. No Excel or extra software needed.
- DIS to XLS
- DIS to XLSX
- DIS to XLSM
- DIS to XLSB
- DIS to ODS
- DIS to CSV
- DIS to TSV
- DIS to TAB
- DIS to DIF
- DIS to SLK
- DIS to WK1
- DIS to WK3
Convert a file to DIS
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Data formats to DIS with high quality output.
- WQ1 to DIS
- XLSM to DIS
- NOTES to DIS
- QPW to DIS
- WK3 to DIS
- WB2 to DIS
- WKS to DIS
- XLSB to DIS
- 123 to DIS
- XLS to DIS
- WB1 to DIS
- XLSX to DIS
About DIS files
The .DIS file extension primarily represents an Oracle Discoverer Workbook, a proprietary format generated by the now-obsolete Oracle Discoverer business intelligence tool. These files act as containers for SQL queries, worksheets, and tabular reports used to analyze enterprise database data.
The Problem: Oracle officially discontinued Discoverer support (End of Life in 2017), meaning .DIS files are often "orphaned data." Opening them requires maintaining legacy middleware or aging desktop client software, which poses significant security and compatibility risks. They are not natively supported by modern tools like Microsoft Excel or web browsers.
The Solution:
- For Data Recovery: Convert
.DIS workbooks to XLSX (Excel) or CSV formats to migrate the raw data into modern analytics platforms like Power BI. - For Archiving: Convert report layouts to PDF to preserve the visual structure of the business intelligence snapshot.
Alternative Formats:
A .DIS file might also be a Directory Opus Icon Set. In this context, the file is simply a renamed ZIP archive containing image assets for the Directory Opus file manager. Users can often rename the extension to .zip to extract the PNG or ICO files inside. Less commonly, it may be a scientific plot file from the DISLIN library or a GEO-SLOPE analysis plot.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your DIS file.
Users also converted DISFILE, DAT, WPG, SHW and EVY files.
The DIS 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 DIS converter.