InfoPath form on add new item throwing amount of data returned by data connection exceeded

Question

The amount of data that was returned by a data connection has exceeded the maximum limit that was configured by the server administrator. Form elements, such as drop-down lists, may be blank.

This list does not have single item and it is a new list. When i try to add item it is throwing the above error. Any idea r suggestions on how to overcome this.

Answer 1

Steps Followed

1. Go to Central Administration
2. go to general settings
3. Under InfoPath form services click on Configure InfoPath form services
4. Data connection response time default value is 1500KB changed it to 21000 Now the forms are opening normally.

Answer 2

Your InfoPath Form Data connection is running on load and getting a drop down data field from a secondary data connection. Open the form in design and make sure where are you pulling the data from. You might want to add filters in your query so you should pull the specific data not all the items in a list.

Alternate Solution: Increase List Item threshold limit from 5000 to 10000 and that should solve the data connection time out issue.