How to extract text from your TDMS file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TDMS file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert TDMS to another file type
To convert your TDMS file to another format, you need NI LabVIEW or other Data software.
- TDMS to CSV
- TDMS to TXT
- TDMS to MAT
- TDMS to JSON
- TDMS to XML
- TDMS to YAML
- TDMS to YML
- TDMS to TOML
- TDMS to INI
- TDMS to CFG
- TDMS to CONF
- TDMS to DAT
Convert a file to TDMS
To convert other file formats to the "Scientific Data Logging" file type, you need software like NI LabVIEW or a similar tool.
- DBF to TDMS
- XML to TDMS
- SQLITE to TDMS
- XLSX to TDMS
- SQL to TDMS
- TSV to TDMS
- ACCDB to TDMS
- YAML to TDMS
- MDB to TDMS
- CSV to TDMS
- ODS to TDMS
- JSON to TDMS
About TDMS files
The .TDMS (Technical Data Management Streaming) file format is a binary container developed by National Instruments specifically for saving high-speed measurement and simulation data. These files are typically generated by engineering software like LabVIEW, DIAdem, or Measurement Studio to log sensor readings, waveforms, and test results in a structured hierarchy of files, groups, and channels. While .TDMS is efficient for writing data during experiments, it presents significant hurdles for post-processing and sharing. Because it is a proprietary binary format, it cannot be opened in standard text editors or web browsers. Opening a .TDMS file in Microsoft Excel requires installing a specific, often version-dependent add-in, and large datasets can easily crash standard spreadsheet software. Furthermore, sharing raw .TDMS files forces recipients to have compatible NI software installed. To access your data universally, we recommend converting .TDMS to CSV or XLSX for immediate analysis in spreadsheets, MAT for processing in MATLAB, or PDF for generating uneditable technical reports.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TDMS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TDMS_INDEX, TDM, XLSX, CSV, BLF, ZIP, DMS, EPW, BTW, DAT, MAT, SOR and PBF files.
The TDMS 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 TDMS converter.