# Reporting error while trying to generate CSV from Kibana (filebeats) **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-while-trying-to-generate-csv-from-kibana-filebeats/365796 **Category:** Beats **Tags:** filebeat **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-while-trying-to-generate-csv-from-kibana-filebeats/365796 "2024-08-30T06:08:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
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Hello, There is a **10MB limit by default** which can be configured via the xpack. reporting. csv. maxSizeBytes setting in kibana. Below thread can be helpful > [@Downloading large amount of logs as CSV using Kibana/Eland](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downloading-large-amount-of-logs-as-csv-using-kibana-eland/343768/4): > > Hi @xynobob, Sorry to hear that Elastic Support were not of much help. We're happy to do our best efforts here! There is a 10MB limit by default which can be configured via the [xpack.reporting.csv.maxSizeBytes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html#reporting-csv-settings) setting in kibana.yml for your cluster [as per this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-generate-csv-maximum-limit/134692). You'll see [in the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html#reporting-csv-settings) that we recommend if you need to export more than 250MB you might want to consider exporting in smaller batches, which you could do by splitting your requests across multiple timeframes. For the first opt… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-while-trying-to-generate-csv-from-kibana-filebeats/365796)._