Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PIW file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PIW to another file type
To convert PIW displays to another format, you need PI ProcessBook or other Data software.
Convert a file to PIW
To convert other file formats to the "Dashboard Display File" file type, you need software like PI ProcessBook or a similar tool.
About PIW files
A .piw file is a proprietary data format primarily functioning as a ProcessBook display file for the OSIsoft PI System. It stores graphical dashboards that visualize real-time industrial plant data. Alternatively, it serves as a Pictometry Image Workspace file for aerial imagery software by EagleView, or as a MapInfo workspace file. Opening these files requires expensive, specialized enterprise software. A major disadvantage of the .piw format is that it does not just store static graphics; it relies on live data connections to a corporate PI Server. Without the server connection and an expensive enterprise license, the file is functionally useless to a standard user. Sharing these files outside a corporate network is nearly impossible. Users typically need to convert .piw to PDF, JPG, or SVG to share dashboard views or aerial maps with clients. However, standard online converters fail because they lack the proprietary rendering engines and database access required to draw the charts and images. Because this is a closed, proprietary format, it is extremely difficult to open or convert. Often, only the original software can properly read the data or export the views. Just drag and drop your file on convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. We can inspect the .piw file, reveal its internal Microsoft Compound structure, and extract readable text or embedded metadata. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, partial viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PIW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PIW file to JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use PI ProcessBook or similar software from the "Industrial Data Visualization" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to PIW, try PI ProcessBook or another comparable tool in the "Industrial Data Visualization" category.
The PIW 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 PIW converter.