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Ivan54
Bronze Contributor
Feb 08, 2019

Copy/Export Navigation?

Is there a PowerShell command (or other way) to export a hub site navigation and import it to another hub site navigation?
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Saeid_Abdollahzadeh
Copper Contributor
Jun 10, 2020

Ivan54 

Hi Ivan, 

You can use the Copy-PNPNavigation module 
You can copy a SharePoint Navigation Menu with maximum 3-layer with this script. Also, you will have a export in excel type from the site navigation!

 

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Copy-PNPNavigation/1.0.2

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    Darren_Smith
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 30, 2020

    Saeid_Abdollahzadeh I just ran this module and got the following message "Backup process is done, you can find the back up file in the destination folder"  and "You skip the restore process".   Currently, I cannot find the backup excel file and the navigation in the destination site was not changed.  Any idea what I'm missing here?  Thanks

    • Saeid_Abdollahzadeh's avatar
      Saeid_Abdollahzadeh
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 01, 2020

      Hi Darren_Smith 

       

      Copy-PNPNavigation -SourceSite https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SourceSite -BackupDestination C:\FolderOfBackupFile -DestinationSite https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/DestinationSite -NavigationLocation TopNavigationBar

       

      It's the full line of the command. You have to enter the source site address, which you want to copy the navigation from it, then you need to enter the destination folder where the backup file will save there. If you're going to add the navigation menu to the destination site, you have to use the -DestinationSite switch, otherwise the backup file doesn't copy to the destination site, and you have the backup file only!

      https://github.com/saeid-adz/Copy-PNPNavigation

       

      BR,

      Saeid.

      • Darren_Smith's avatar
        Darren_Smith
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 01, 2020

        Saeid_Abdollahzadeh Hi Saeid, thanks so much for your reply and the clarification.  When running the command, I now get an error 'D:\SiteNavigationBackup.xlsx' file not found.  When viewing the directory, the backup file was never written.  Am I missing something?  

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