# Converting and exporting (.tsv to.biom)

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/converting-and-exporting-tsv-to-biom/3934
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** pending-development, biom, picrust, import, feature-table
**Created:** [April 25, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/converting-and-exporting-tsv-to-biom/3934 "2018-04-25T22:37:07Z")
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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/converting-and-exporting-tsv-to-biom/3934/2 "2018-04-25T22:49:10Z")

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Hi @conhow!

> [@conhow](#):
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> I am very new to Qiime 2.

Welcome!

> [@conhow](#):
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> I am wanting to convert a .tsv file

We have an [open issue](https://github.com/qiime2/q2-types/issues/140) to support directly importing this kind of BIOM table, but for now, your workflow makes sense.

> [@conhow](#):
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> I cannot seem to get biom convert to work and I am unsure of how to export the .biom file if I were able to convert it.

Did you take a look at the [BIOM docs](http://biom-format.org/documentation/biom_conversion.html)? It looks like you should be able to run something like the following to convert your TSV BIOM file to an HDF5 BIOM file:

```bash
biom convert -i table.tsv -o converted_table.biom --to-hdf5

```

Then, you can check out the [QIIME 2 Importing tutorial](https://docs.qiime2.org/2018.2/tutorials/importing/#biom-v2-1-0) for information on how to import this file!

Let us know how that goes for you, and if you get stuck, you know where to find us! 🦖

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