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The file could not be uploaded because it was too large

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Posted on by Raju Gudipalli 185

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is. Using the xmlport import / Upload of a 29 MB file gives following error:
The file could not be uploaded because it was too large. The maximum file size that can be uploaded is 2047 MB.

To Reproduce
Steps and to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Create Temp table >>create Xmlport>>Create test page/Action in existing page

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  1. Publish and run xmlport>import the file

AL Code to reproduce the issue
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Expected behavior
Since the file is 29mB it should allow to import.

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    Open BC Administration.

    Expand Client Services tab. change the size limit in the Max Upload Size

    then restart the service and retry.

    if you face the same issue you have to check Max upload size on IIS

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    srttel Microsoft Employee on at

    If this is BC ONPrem you might to change the the values Steve mentnioned. One optin is doing this via Powershell, you might playaround with the values.

    #Change NST MaxUploadSize

    Set-NavServerConfiguration BC150 -KeyName 'ClientServicesMaxUploadSize' -KeyValue '1000'

    Restart-NAVServerInstance BC150

    #Increase content length (Default 30000000 bytes) for BC site

    Set-WebConfigurationProperty -filter /system.webserver/security/requestfiltering/requestLimits -PSPath 'IIS:\Sites\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Web Client\BC150' -Name maxAllowedContentLength -value 1000000000

    Get-WebConfigurationProperty -filter /system.webserver/security/requestfiltering/requestLimits -PSPath 'IIS:\Sites\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Web Client\BC150' -Name maxAllowedContentLength

    #Increase Request Length (Default 4096 kbytes) for BC site

    Set-WebConfigurationProperty -filter /system.web/httpRuntime -Name maxRequestLength -PSPath 'IIS:\Sites\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Web Client\BC150' -value

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