You can use the IMPORT command to load data from Parquet files that are stored on cloud storage services, on remote file servers using FTP/FTPS, SFTP, and HTTP/HTTPS, and on local systems. Exasol supports the Apache Iceberg open table format in Parquet files.

Multiple Parquet files can be imported in parallel across all cluster nodes, enabling higher throughput for larger datasets. Single Parquet files can be read using multiple parallel operations for faster and more efficient data read operations.

In Exasol 2026.1 and later you can use glob patterns to import multiple Parquet files dynamically and recursively from S3-compatible storage. To learn more, see .