Extract text from QVD files
To convert your QVD file to another format, you need Qlik Sense or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "BI Data Extract" file type, you need software like Qlik Sense or a similar tool.
A .QVD (QlikView Data) file is a proprietary, highly optimized format developed by Qlik for its Business Intelligence software, including QlikView and Qlik Sense. These files are engineered specifically for speed, compressing data up to 10% of its original size and offering load speeds 10-100 times faster than standard databases. However, this optimization creates a significant barrier: .QVD files are binary blobs wrapped with an XML header, meaning they cannot be opened, viewed, or edited in standard tools like Microsoft Excel, Notepad++, or SQL clients. Users typically encounter friction when debugging ETL scripts or migrating data to other BI platforms (like Tableau or Power BI), as the data is locked inside the Qlik ecosystem.
To access the raw data outside of a licensed Qlik environment, conversion is mandatory. For data auditing and quick inspections, converting QVD to CSV or Excel (.XLSX) is the most practical workflow, allowing for immediate tabular viewing. For developers needing to inspect schema metadata or lineage tags, converting the header portion to XML is often sufficient.
Convert.Guru analyzes your QVD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted QVF, QVW, CSV, ZIP, TPS and JSON files.
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 QVD converter.