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James Read
July 6, 2020
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This report is too large to attach as a PDF

  • July 6, 2020
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I use the scheduled reporting feature to email PDF reports each night.

 

I use the Group reports feature, so that several reports are emailed together in one PDF.

 

When using the scheduler, I have come across a limit on the size of the PDF. Instead of the PDF being attached, there is an html file, which when opened says “This report is too large to attached as a PDF. Please contact the sender and ask them to attach the report in Excel or change the date range or display columns to be less”.

 

Does anyone know what the threshold is? I’m mainly asking because based on my reports it seems quite small (a little over 150KB)

 

If I split the group into two groups, it works again. There are about 15 reports in total, 30 pages total, split between the two groups.

 

The limit only seems to apply to emailed reports. I haven’t hit a limit if I access reports using the web browser and can download 30 page 150KB pdf reports fine.

 

Thanks

 

James

 

 

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EmmaM
July 6, 2020

Hello James Read. We've reached out to the senior technicians regarding the group report and though they advised there is no set limitation when exporting as a pdf there is less space at QuickBooks side. There are a few things in this article that may help compress the file size. We also welcome replies on this thread from other Community users that have found a way around this.

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