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Convert Excel to PDF max file size limit?

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Is there a file limitation when using Flow to convert from Excel file to a PDF file? I have found out by trying and changing, that there is a potential limit of 1MB per Excel files. Otherwise, i receive such an error:

 

 

Error from Office Service. Url= HttpCode= OK ResponseHeaders=ResponseCode: FileDownloadFailed ErrorCode: UrlFileMaxDownloadLimitExceeded IsExpectedFailure: True ErrorCategory: BadRequest ServiceID: 0bc0bbd3-016c-4b41-9815-17bed5b4868c OutputFormat: ServiceRegion: WestEurope Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:24:32 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET

 

I can't find anything about this limitation online? Is it true and is it possible to be changed? 

 

 

regards,

Kamen

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  • v-yamao-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @mokshich,

     

    When testing with the action Convert file, it seems that once the file size is larger than 1MB, an error saying that File size too large will be returned.

     

    From this doc on file size limitation we know that file size limitation has been increased to 100 MB for a single message/file. Please check the doc at here:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/limits-and-config

     

    I will help get more info on this issue.

     

     

    Best regards,
    Mabel Mao

  • mokshich Profile Picture
    8 on at

    Yes, this is where i got confused, because in the official documentation it says:

    Message size100 MBNot all APIs support the full 100MB.

     

    Once, i reduced my file size, this error stopped appearing, though i have started receiving a new one:

    {
      "error": {
        "code"502,
        "source""flow-apim-europe-001-northeurope-01.azure-apim.net",
        "clientRequestId""4765dee8-336b-4c53-b6a5-c480bdfee705",
        "message""BadGateway",
        "innerError": {
          "status"502,
          "message""A task was canceled.",
          "source""api.connectorp.svc.ms"
        }
      }
    }

     

    Any ideas on this issue? 🙂

     

    regards,

    Kamen

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