Scannable File Formats

Discovery can scan the following file formats:

• Structured data with taggable content and metadata:

  • .csv
  • .tsv
  • .json
  • .parquet
  • .orc
  • .avro
  • .avro (nested)
  • .parquet (nested)
  • .json (nested)
  • .sas
  • .xml
  • .html

• Compressed/archive data with taggable content and metadata:

  • .snappy.parquet
  • .snappy.orc
  • .snappy.avro
  • .zlib.orc
  • .zlib.parquet
  • .zlib.avro
  • .gzip (single or multiple files)
  • .zip (single or multiple files)
  • .jar (single or multiple files)
  • .tar.gz (single or multiple files)
  • .gz (single or multiple files)
  • .lzo/.lzop

• Unstructured data with taggable content and metadata:

  • .pdf
  • .txt
  • .dat
  • .xls
  • .xlsx
  • .doc
  • .docx

• Media data with taggable metadata. For the following file formats, Discovery only supports metadata extraction:

  • .jpeg
  • .mp4
  • .mpeg

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Last update: April 19, 2022