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Parquet to CSV Converter

Somebody sent you a .parquet file and Windows has no idea what it is. There is no double-click answer, and every guide tells you to install Python. DataTray opens it, shows you the rows, and writes a CSV.

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Drop in your filesCSV comes out UTF-8 with a BOM, so it opens in Excel in columns.

Why convert

Why Parquet is everywhere now

Parquet is columnar and compressed, so it is often a fraction of the size of the equivalent CSV and much faster for analytics tools to read. That makes it the default export from data warehouses and pipelines — and it means non-technical recipients get handed files their machine cannot open at all.

  • Opening a file a data team sent you, without asking them to re-export it.
  • Converting a directory of partitioned Parquet files into one CSV.
  • Getting warehouse output into a spreadsheet for someone who does not use SQL.
  • Inspecting a Parquet file's contents before you build anything on it.

How it works

Convert Parquet to CSV in a few clicks

  1. 1

    Open the Parquet

    A single file, or a whole directory of partitioned parts read as one table.

  2. 2

    Look before you convert

    The rows are shown immediately, so you can check it is the file you meant.

  3. 3

    Write the CSV

    Or an .xlsx if it is going to somebody who works in Excel.

The details

Parquet to CSV, at a glance

Input
A .parquet file, or a directory of partitioned parts
Compression
zstd, snappy, gzip and uncompressed all read
Python
Not required. Nothing to install beyond DataTray
Output
CSV, Excel, JSON or TSV

Questions

Parquet to CSV Converter, answered

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