Get-PnPFolderItem is always returning "The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold."

Question

I have the following script to get all root folders (we have 5.5 K) inside a document library:-

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $Folders=Get-PnPFolderItem -FolderSiteRelativeUrl $FolderSiteRelativeURL  -ItemType Folder | Where {$_.Name -ne "Forms"}  

But it will raise this exception:-

Get-PnPFolderItem : The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold.
At line:1 char:10

• $Folders=Get-PnPFolderItem -FolderSiteRelativeUrl $FolderSiteRelative ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Get-PnPFolderItem], ServerException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Files.GetFolderItem

so how i can get the items in batches? as seems the Get-PnPFolderItem does not have a row limit or page size parameters?

Answer 1

Hi @john john ,

According to my research and testing, if you want to get items from larger lists with more than 5000 items, you should use PageSize to handle larger lists in batches ,please try to use the following PowerShell script:

#Parameter  
$SiteURL = "https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx"  
$ListName= "xxx"  
    
#Connect to PnP Online  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL   
   
#Get all list items from list in batches  
$ListItems = Get-PnPFolderItem  -List $ListName -PageSize 500  
   
Write-host "Total Number of List Items:" $($ListItems.Count)  
   
#Loop through each Item  
ForEach($Item in $ListItems)  
{   
    Write-Host "Id :" $Item["ID"]  
    Write-Host "Title :" $Item["Title"]  
}  

More information for reference: SharePoint Online: Get List Items from Large Lists ( >5000 Items) using PowerShell without List View Threshold Exceeded Error

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Answer 2

DISCLAIMER: I have no solution for Get-PnPFolder Item, however, you can probably use Get-PnPListItem where using this query is possible and very effective. It'll effortlessly return all items in the List/DocumentLibrary.

$getQuery = "<View Scope='RecursiveAll'><RowLimit>5000</RowLimit><OrderBy><$_.FieldValues.CS_DokumentyStavby.URl /></OrderBy></View>"

$Items = Get-PnpListItem -List "ListName" -Query $getQuery