Opening a BRW File

The BRW file type is primarily associated with Oracle BI Discoverer.

BRW	File extension: BRW
	File type:	data file

What is a BRW file?

BRW files mostly belong to Oracle BI Discoverer. BRW files can represent different file types depending on their origin:
For many users, a BRW file is a Business Objects report generated by Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer and used with Hyperion Reports. These files hold structured data for analytics and reporting. They are best viewed with vendor software like Oracle BI Discoverer (Oracle website).
Another variant of BRW files is used in the photography field. In this case, the file contains a camera RAW image. Canon systems use this format to store image data with a preview thumbnail view, while Baumer cameras produce a similar raw image file that may be processed with the Baumer GAPI SDK (Baumer website).
Key points provided by FilExt.com:

Examine the file metadata to determine its origin.

Use the specific vendor or supported application for opening the file.

Always keep a backup before converting or editing.

How can I open a BRW file?

You need a suitable software like Oracle BI Discoverer to open a BRW file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your BRW file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a BRW file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

Online BRW Text Viewer

Choose your .brw file to analyze

or drag and drop it here

Online File Viewer

✈

Read our privacy guarantee in Filext’s terms and privacy policy

Please allow ads on our site

This helps us keep our servers running. Then re-upload your file to view it.

Click here to see how to disable the ad blocker for filext.com

BRW file format:

A file format defines how the data in the file is structured. The file format can be deduced from the file extension and the signature. File extension, signature and file format must match; otherwise errors will occur when the file is opened. When there is a problem with a file, the first step to solving it is to determine the file format. Our evaluation of the BRW files looks like this:

BRW is not a commonly used file extension and covers different formats for different programs. However, the following two file formats are common:

• 45% of all BRW files use the same file format, which have the signature 0F 02 02 00. These files contain text and words as well as binary data. BRW files can be up to 15 KB in size, but are often around 1 KB - 6 KB. The file type was created 10 years ago, but is still used today. The keywords &l&d&c&f and pKKdd are typical for these files. Such BRW files store data about date, consulta, card, dailyordercompare, query and para.
• 10% of all BRW files use the same file format, which can be identified by the letters "ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{ï{" at the beginning. These are binary files, so they do not contain words or text. The files are often between 6 KB and 11 KB in size.

All other BRW files (45%) have no consistent format, often e.g. XREC. Often described as photocool. If you want to find out what your BRW file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.