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Error while exporting entities with "pac data export" and "pac tool cmt"
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Description
Im facing this issue on a 64 bit system. At the very end of the export, I get the following error as cmt converts the data to data.xml file:
Command: pac data export -env https://xxxxxxx.crm.dynamics.com -v -df .\Downloads\prod_export.zip -sf "D:\prod_setup.xml" -o
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Entity Export Process Complete
Writting output file : C:\Users\srbonham1\AppData\Local\Temp\wml5zczf.wa3\data.xml
Message: Exception Raised when Serializing Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.Dmt.DataMigCommon.DataModel.Data.entities
Source : mscorlib
Method : CreateStringFromEncoding
Date : 3/22/2025
Time : 7:41:22 PM
Error : Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.
Stack Trace : at System.String.CreateStringFromEncoding(Byte* bytes, Int32 byteLength, Encoding encoding)
at System.Text.UTF8Encoding.GetString(Byte[] bytes, Int32 index, Int32 count)
at Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.Dmt.DataMigCommon.Utility.Helper.Serialize[T](Object objToSerialize)
Failed to create output file`
Im exporting around 360K records.
36 Entities
Version:
Microsoft PowerPlatform CLI
Version: 1.39.3+g0f45f92
64 bit version
Windows 10, 64 Bit.
Machine has 128GB. Theres around 93GB available at the time the crash occured.
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Research direction
Start with the reported pac data export command and the pac tool cmt serialization failure in the issue, focusing on the System.OutOfMemoryException from Helper.Serialize while writing data.xml. Reproduce with a comparable large export and determine what is required for the export to create its output file successfully.
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