Download and export limitations

Sigma provides many ways to download your data or export it to other systems. However, some limits apply, as described in the following tables.

One million row export limit for most exports

Sigma has a 1 million row export limit for most exports. If your data exceeds the limit, Sigma truncates the data to 1 million rows.

If you export a pivot table, the 1 million row limit applies to the flattened table.

If you export to cloud storage, the 1 million row limit does not apply.

The following limits apply when downloading or exporting specific file types:

Download or export type	Limits
CSV	1 million rows.
Excel	1 million rows. Max columns: 16,384 Max string UTF-8 characters: 32,767 Max URLs: 65,530 Max URL length: 2079 characters Max cell limit for pivot tables: 5 million If any limit is exceeded, Sigma trims the data down to the limit.
PNG	No download limit.
PDF: general	No download limit.
PDF: tables and pivot tables	Maximum of 1,000 rows per table. By default, table and pivot tables in exported PDFs only display the number of rows that appear on a dashboard. To display more rows in your export, there is an option to show up to 1,000 rows per table. See Show additional rows in Configure additional options for exports.

For details on which file types are supported for which destinations, see Send or schedule workbook exports.

Sigma has the following limits for export recipients and destinations:

Destination	Limits
Email	30MB combined for all attachments. An error occurs if the limit is exceeded.
Google Sheets	5 million cells per table. Sigma truncates table cells exceeding the limit. Google Sheets have a limit of 10 million cells per sheet file, including all tabs. If an export to an existing sheet leads the Google Sheet to become larger than 10 million cells, an error occurs.
Slack	1GB per file. An error occurs if the limit is exceeded.
Cloud storage	5GB per file.

For details on which file types are supported for which destinations, see Send or schedule workbook exports.