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Lee-Martin
Brass Contributor
Jan 16, 2023

Add-PnPTenantTheme - Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.

I've tried to upload a theme, but I'm geting an Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation   I'm an admin on the particular site I'm trying to upload to, so I assumed this would be enough permi...
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SvenSieverding
Bronze Contributor
Jan 17, 2023
Mhm.... thats wierd..
Get-PNPWeb should give you the name of the site you are connected to, even if you just have "read" permissions.
How did you connect to the site? What was the output of "Connect-PnPOnline"?

Best Regards,
Sven

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Lee-Martin
Brass Contributor
Jan 17, 2023
I'm using Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://<homesite>.sharepoint.com/<site> -Interactive

The response when I try and add a theme using your method above gives me

Cannot contact site at the specified URL https://<homesite>.sharepoint.com/<site>. There is
no Web named "/gskgepo/_vti_bin/sites.asmx".

What is this "/_vti_bin/sites.asmx" stuff that gets added to the end?


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    Lee-Martin
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 17, 2023
    Figured it out, I needed to add sites before /<site>

    https://<homesite>.sharepoint.com/sites/<site>
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      Lee-Martin
      Brass Contributor
      Jan 17, 2023

      SvenSieverding

      However, the theme is not appearing in SharePoint (it doesn't appear in change the look)

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        SvenSieverding
        Bronze Contributor
        Jan 17, 2023

        Hello Lee-Martin ,

         

        if you apply the theme via the "Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate" command, it is applied immediately as the current selection below site theme for the current site and does not show up below the "Sharepoint Theme themes". But you don't need to be a SharePoint Admin to do so.



        If you want your theme to be displayed below "SharePoint themes", you need to connect to your SharePoint admin site ("https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com") as a SharePoint administrator and invoke the Add-PnPTenantTheme command. But you need to be a SharePoint admin for that and that theme will be available on all sites.

        $themepalette = @{
  "themePrimary" = "#00ffff";
  "themeLighterAlt" = "#f3fcfc";
  "themeLighter" = "#daffff";
  "themeLight" = "#affefe";
  "themeTertiary" = "#76ffff";
  "themeSecondary" = "#39ffff";
  "themeDarkAlt" = "#00c4c4";
  "themeDark" = "#009090";
  "themeDarker" = "#005252";
  "neutralLighterAlt" = "#f8f8f8";
  "neutralLighter" = "#f4f4f4";
  "neutralLight" = "#eaeaea";
  "neutralQuaternaryAlt" = "#dadada";
  "neutralQuaternary" = "#d0d0d0";
  "neutralTertiaryAlt" = "#c8c8c8";
  "neutralTertiary" = "#a6a6a6";
  "neutralSecondaryAlt" = "#767676";
  "neutralSecondary" = "#666666";
  "neutralPrimary" = "#333";
  "neutralPrimaryAlt" = "#3c3c3c";
  "neutralDark" = "#212121";
  "black" = "#000000";
  "white" = "#fff";
  "primaryBackground" = "#fff";
  "primaryText" = "#333"
 }
Add-PnPTenantTheme -Identity "MyCompanyTheme" -Palette $themepalette -IsInverted $false


        Best Regards,
        Sven

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