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# Download and export limitations

> Limitations to consider when downloading your data or exporting it to other systems from Sigma.

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

Exports, reports, and downloads are subject to the following [notice](/docs/notice-for-exports-reports-and-downloads-in-sigma).

## 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.

## Download or export file type limitations

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

| Download or export type      | Limits                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| CSV                          | 1 million rows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Excel                        | 1 million rows. <br /> Max columns: 16,384 <br /> Max string UTF-8 characters: 32,767 <br /> Max URLs: 65,530 <br /> Max URL length: 2079 characters <br /> Max cell limit for pivot tables: 5 million <br /> If any limit is exceeded, Sigma trims the data down to the limit.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| JSON                         | 1 million rows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 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. Expanding to 1,000 rows is not supported for tables and pivot tables inside containers. <br /> To display more rows in your export, there is an option to show up to 1,000 rows per table. See [Show additional rows](/docs/configure-additional-options-for-exports#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](/docs/send-or-schedule-workbook-exports).

## Destination limitations

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. <br /> 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. |
| Google Drive    | 1GB per file. An error occurs if the limit is exceeded.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Slack           | 1GB per file. An error occurs if the limit is exceeded.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Microsoft Teams | 1GB per file. An error occurs if the limit is exceeded.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Cloud storage   | 5GB per file for export generated from the data warehouse. 1GB per file for exports generated in Sigma.                                                                                                                                                                                 |

For details on which file types are supported for which destinations, see [Send or schedule workbook exports](/docs/send-or-schedule-workbook-exports).

## Related resources

* [Download or export a data element](/docs/download-or-export-a-data-element)
* [Download a workbook page](/docs/download-a-workbook-page)
* [Export a workbook](/docs/sendworkbook)