# Could a large file be preventing the form from opening?

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/could-a-large-file-be-preventing-the-form-from-opening/29445>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/could-a-large-file-be-preventing-the-form-from-opening/29445 "2020-08-25T10:08:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ayod\_El\_Modai\_Arune](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ayod_el_modai_arune/32/12769_2.png) [@Ayod\_El\_Modai\_Arune](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Ayod_El_Modai_Arune)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/could-a-large-file-be-preventing-the-form-from-opening/29445/1 "2020-08-25T10:08:58Z")

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**1. What is the problem? Be very detailed.**  
I have a 33 MB csv file containing provinces, districts, towns, neighborhoods ... about 35 thousand lines. I put that file in the form-media folder. The form does not open in ODK 1.27.x. When I try open, it is processing for a few minutes, but then it ends.  
**2. What app or server are you using and on what device and operating system? Include version numbers.**  
Google Sheets as a server; Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016)  
**3. What you have you tried to fix the problem?**  
I searched for solutions in the forum; I converted and converted the Excel file ...  
**4. What steps can we take to reproduce the problem?**  
Only download the files:  
CSV  
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wiBuggL2pjcnKQHzkYoCA\_zAz7yOEei-/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wiBuggL2pjcnKQHzkYoCA_zAz7yOEei-/view?usp=sharing)

FORM  
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q45N\_yIoyfwwnALyzO-Pfbp9lrjPLvkN/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q45N_yIoyfwwnALyzO-Pfbp9lrjPLvkN/view?usp=sharing)  
**5. Anything else we should know or have? If you have a test form or screenshots or logs, attach below.**  
No

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**Author:** ![Grzesiek2010](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/grzesiek2010/32/2881_2.png) [@Grzesiek2010](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Grzesiek2010)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/could-a-large-file-be-preventing-the-form-from-opening/29445/2 "2020-08-25T11:33:28Z")

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Hi @Ayod_El_Modai_Arune  
welcome to the forum! Please [introduce yourself here!](https://forum.getodk.org/t/introduce-yourself-here/6671)

it is possible... I haven't heard about anyone using such big attachments and as far as I know we don't test such files too. Do you really need it or maybe you can break it somehow into smaller files?

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**Author:** ![Ayod\_El\_Modai\_Arune](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ayod_el_modai_arune/32/12769_2.png) [@Ayod\_El\_Modai\_Arune](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Ayod_El_Modai_Arune)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/could-a-large-file-be-preventing-the-form-from-opening/29445/3 "2020-08-25T13:04:36Z")

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Hi @Grzesiek2010. I need it because I need the neighborhoods of country. Do you have some sugestion?

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**Author:** ![mathieubossaert](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/mathieubossaert/32/6131_2.png) [@mathieubossaert](https://forum.getodk.org/u/mathieubossaert)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/could-a-large-file-be-preventing-the-form-from-opening/29445/4 "2020-08-25T13:59:50Z")

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Hi @Ayod_El_Modai_Arune,

if you try to populate a list for a select\_one (for example), it may be too big...  
You should take a look at the recent discussion about filtering huge lists with the search() funtion