Extract text from Web Intelligence documents (WID)
To convert WID documents to another format, you need SAP BusinessObjects or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "BI Report File" file type, you need software like SAP BusinessObjects or a similar tool.
The .WID file format is primarily associated with SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence (SAP). It functions as a container for business intelligence reports, storing analytical queries, corporate data, and dashboard layout parameters. A secondary, less common use is for Microsoft Windows Installer custom dialog files or Visual Studio widgets based on the Microsoft Compound format.
The major disadvantage of the .WID format is its strictly proprietary nature. It is heavily locked into the expensive SAP ecosystem. You cannot open these files with standard document readers, text editors, or web browsers. Without an active SAP license and a connection to the backend enterprise database, the embedded data is effectively unreadable.
Because of these limitations, users frequently need to convert .WID files to standard formats like PDF for static viewing, or XLSX and CSV for raw data analysis. However, converting this file outside of the original software is extremely difficult. Standard online converters fail because the file relies on a closed, undocumented schema that intricately binds data to presentation layers. While extracting the full layout requires the original SAP client, our analysis tool can inspect the file structure and often recover raw text streams or underlying embedded data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WID file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert WID file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use SAP BusinessObjects or similar software from the "Business Intelligence Data Report" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to WID, try SAP BusinessObjects or another comparable tool in the "Business Intelligence Data Report" category.
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 WID converter.