Supported File Formats

The following chart shows the file formats that we support when generating documents and using Advanced Search in Veeva Basics.

Format NameExtensionsRenditionFull-Text SearchNotes
Adobe Encapsulated PostScript*.epsYesYes
Adobe Illustrator*.aiYesYes
Adobe InDesign (V19 or earlier)*.inddYesNo
Adobe InDesign Package*.zipYesNo
Adobe Photoshop*.psdYesYes
AV1 Image File Format*.avifYesYesAnimated AVIF files are rendered as videos.
Bitmap*.bmpYesYes
Data*.cov, *.ext, *.inp, *.lst, *.op, *.param, *.r, *.sas, *.scm, *.jsl, *.ssc, *.sbmlYesYesVault will not extract metadata from *.sbml files.
Electronic Mail File*.emlYesYes
Graphics Interchange Format*.gifYesYesVault renders animated GIF images as videos that you can view and annotate.
High-efficiency Image File*.heif, *.heicYesYesVault renders animated HEIF images as videos that you can view and annotate.
HyperText Markup Language*.html, *.htmYesYes
JPEG*.jpg, *.jpegYesYes
Microsoft Excel Workbook*.xls, *.xlsxYesYes
Microsoft Office Data Connection*.odcYesNo
Microsoft Outlook Mail Message*.msgYesYes
Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations*.ppt, *.pptxYesYes
Microsoft Word Documents*.doc, *.docx, *.docm, *.dotm, *.dot, *.dotxYesYes
Portable Document Format*.pdfYesYesWorks best when the PDF is text-based.
Portable Document Format Portfolio*.pdfNoNo
Portable Network Graphics*.pngYesYes
RAW Image*.rawNoNo
Rich Text Files*.rtfYesYesRich text files must be under 512MB in size. Merge fields, named destinations, and other Microsoft Word rendition settings are not supported for RTF renditions.
Shell Script*.bash, *.csh, *.shYesYes
Scalable Vector Graphics*.svgYesYesVault does not support animated SVG files.
Tagged Image File Format*.tif, *.tiffYesYesJPEG compression is not supported at this time.
Text*.txt, *.csvYesYes
WebP*.webpYesYesAnimated WebP files are rendered as videos.
XML (Extensible Markup Language)*.xmlYesYes
Hangul Word Processor (HWP)*.hwpYesYes
ZIP Archive Format*.zipNoNo