IMR Converter

Extract text from Impromptu or IMU files (IMR)


Drop or upload your .IMR file
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How to extract text from your IMR file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IMR file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert IMR to another file type

To convert IMR files to another format, you need IBM Cognos Analytics or other Data software.

Convert a file to IMR

To convert other file formats to the "Enterprise Reporting File" file type, you need software like IBM Cognos Analytics or a similar tool.


About IMR files

A .imr file is primarily an IBM Cognos Impromptu report file. These files store business intelligence report layouts, database query definitions, and formatting rules used by legacy IBM Cognos Impromptu software. A secondary use is for Inertial Measurement Unit raw data files generated by NovAtel Inertial Explorer. The .imr report format is highly proprietary and legacy. It does not store flat data like a spreadsheet. Instead, it stores the instructions to fetch and format data from a connected enterprise database. Users face massive challenges because opening them requires expensive, outdated enterprise BI software. They cannot be viewed in web browsers or standard office suites. The NovAtel IMU files are equally problematic, storing raw binary sensor data that requires specialized GNSS and INS processing software. True conversion of .imr files to formats like .PDF, .XLSX, or .CSV usually requires exporting directly from the original IBM or NovAtel software. Generic converters fail because they lack the database connection required to populate the Cognos reports or the algorithms to decode the NovAtel binary streams. Because this is a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters fail to process it. The Cognos .imr file uses the Microsoft Compound file structure. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your IMR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert IMR file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use IBM Cognos Analytics or similar software from the "Business Intelligence Report Layout" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to IMR, try IBM Cognos Analytics or another comparable tool in the "Business Intelligence Report Layout" category.



The IMR 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 IMR converter.