Unable to view excel file in Confluence

Question

I am using confluence 6.13.4

I have excel file of size 38MB attached to confluence page. Filename :- XYZ.xlsx

When I click on View from attachments section, it gives me error message

viewfile: com.atlassian.plugins.conversion.convert.ConversionException: Cannot convert XYZ.xlsx, this file exceeds the maximum file size for xlsx files of 2MB.

Thomas B · Answer

Hello @Ranganath HV Gowda - please see this article. This explains how to change this limit.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/viewing-excel-error-with-the-message-error-rendering-macro-viewxls-com-benryan-conversion-conversionexception-com-benryan-conversion-conversionexception-cannot-convert-spreadsheet-744327791.html

Edit - The larger images can take time to convert and may cause server timeout/system issues depending on your system properties.

Thanks