PnPTemplate issue

Question

I have used command get-pnpsitetemplate for one of the site collection ( site1-source) and template stored in the windows system32 folder as expected.
Now I have used invoke command to apply these saved template to other site collection ( site2-destination) but attached error is popping up. Please help

I have tried to execute pnptracelog but not sure which command we need to use to trace the logs and also where these pnp trace logs gets saved. Please help.

Also please clarify what exactly these get-pnpsitetemplate would do? is it only migrating the content from site 1 to site2 or will it do anything more specific?. Because I have tested this and noticed it is only migrating the SharePoint components such as list, library etc.

To Apply exact front page & look & feel of one particular site collection to other site collection which PNP command need to use? Please provide command.

Answer 1

Hi @sns ,

To execute pnptracelog you have to run Set-PnPTraceLog -On -Level:Debug before Get/Apply command.

With Get-PnPSiteTemplate command you could generates a provisioning site template from a web.

PowerShell commands:

1.Get-PnPSiteTemplate

#Set variables  
$SiteURL = "https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx"  
$SchmaXMLPath = "C:\Temp\SiteSchema.xml"  

#Connect to PnP Online  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -Interactive  

#Get Site Schema  
Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out ($SchmaXMLPath) -PersistBrandingFiles -PersistPublishingFiles  

2.Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate

#Set variables  
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/projects/morocco"  
$SchmaXMLPath = "C:\Temp\SiteSchema.xml"  

#Connect to PnP Online  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Interactive  

#Apply Pnp Provisioning Template  
Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate -Path $SchmaXMLPath -ClearNavigation  

For Reference: How to Copy a Site in SharePoint Online using PowerShell
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