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IT_Bee
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Apr 10, 2026

PnP Template Error: "Invalid field name {guid}

 Hello,
I'm trying to apply  a site template from one SharePoint Online site to another using PnP PowerShell. I have  custom lists, some of them with a specific dependency chain:

List X has a lookup to List Y.

List Y has a lookup to List Z.

All libraries/lists have "Allow management of content types" enabled.

The cmdlets I run:

Export:

Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out template.pnp -Handlers All -IncludeAllClientSidePages -PersistBrandingFiles

 

Import:

Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate -Path template.pnp

 

The Error:

During the Invoke process, I get:

Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate : Invalid field name {guid} targetsharepoint site

What I’ve tried:

  • I attempted to manually remove the ID="{guid}" attributes from the XML inside the .pnp package, but that just makes the template schema invalid.
  • Verified that I am connected to the target site with owner permissions.

 

How can this issue be fixed? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

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