Can I connect Parquet files or files in S3-style object storage to iDBQuery?

Parquet (and other columnar/data files) connect to iDBQuery as file sources, whether they sit on disk or in S3-style object storage.

• You'd connect them by pointing iDBQuery at the file or a bucket/prefix path and providing read-only access to the storage.
• iDBQuery reads the Parquet schema directly — column names and types come for free — applies its semantic layer, and adds the data to your one live queryable model.
• Ask in plain language — *"What's total volume by region from the events files?"* — and iDBQuery writes and runs the query, returning a cited number, chart or table.

Parquet in object storage is a common pattern for exported events, logs, and data-lake extracts, so iDBQuery lets you query those files where they live without loading them into a warehouse first. You can point it at a prefix of many Parquet files and treat them as one table, and combine them in a single question with a live database, a warehouse, or a spreadsheet — one model, no ETL. Every figure is cited back to the exact rows and file it came from, so answers stay auditable. Grant read-only storage credentials, and deploy in your own VPC or air-gapped so the connection to your bucket never leaves your environment.