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3726491 - Error "You've reached the maximum number of cells allowed in a data export" when exporting a table to PDF in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Error "You've reached the maximum number of cells allowed in a data export" when exporting a table to PDF in SAC

Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud 2025.8.17 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Log in to the SAC
  2. Open the story containing the table.
  3. Select the table and click on more actions
  4. Choose Export from the menu.
  5. Select PDF as the export format.

Notice: Error "You've reached the maximum number of cells allowed in a data export." 

Cause

The tables had 3 million cells or exceeding 60 columns cannot be exported for the PDF export in SAC

Resolution

Reduce the number of cells in the table to be less than 3 million.  

See Also

Keywords

export, SAC, pdf , KBA , LOD-ANA-UNS-EXP , Unified Story PDF/PPT/Excel/CSV Export , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0