Batch convert TSV files to HTML table files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

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Batch convert TSV files to HTML tables

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “TSV” To “Files” “Html”.

And config the first source TSV file.

List source TSV files.

After converting, you can view output HTML tables.

Value kind	in TSV	in HTML
Int	`1234`	`<td>1234</td>`
Bigint	`9007199254740993`	`<td>9007199254740993</td>`
Decimal	`1234.56`	`<td>1234.56</td>`
Float	`1.234e+10`	`<td>1.234e+10</td>`
Text	`unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column`	`<td>text</td>`
Long text	`unquoted; newlines break the row`	`<td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <)`
Date	`2026-09-18`	`<td>2026-09-18</td>`
Datetime	`2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`<td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td>`
Binary	`not representable`	`not representable in a cell`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE`	`<td>true</td>`
JSON	`the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay)`	`<td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped)`

Both TSV and HTML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in TSV	in HTML
identifiers	`Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it`	`Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters`
dates	`Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`Whatever text was rendered`
binary	`Not supported - must be encoded`	`data: URIs inside src attributes`
separator	`Tab`	`Tags, not delimiters`
encoding	`No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM`	`Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header`
typing	`None - every field is text`	`None`
shape	`Flat table, optional header row`	`Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup`

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New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).