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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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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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Saeid_Abdollahzadeh
Copper Contributor
Oct 02, 2020

Hi again Darren_Smith 

I suggested that you use a specific folder instead of the drive path for the backup file! for example:

 

Copy-PNPNavigation -SourceSite https://YourSourceSite.sharepoint.com -BackupDestination C:\Backup -DestinationSite https://YourDestinationSite.sharepoint.com/sites/TEST -NavigationLocation TopNavigationBar

 

You will see the "SiteNavigationBackup.xlsx" in the Backup folder!

It should be fixed by this command!

Also, make sure that you use version 1.0.2

 

good luck 🙂

 

BR,

Saeid.

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    rgs-studio365
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 17, 2024

    Saeid_Abdollahzadeh - I just tried your module after making a couple modifications and it worked great.  Updated changes needed where:

    • Replace -UseWebLogin with -Interactive  (so it supports MFA login)
    • Replace SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline with PnP.Powershell

    I'm new to Github, so not sure if i did this right, but made the corrections in fork at 
    https://github.com/saeid-adz/Copy-PNPNavigation/compare/master...robert-studio365:Copy-PNPNavigation:patch-1

    Also took me awhile to figure this out, but using "-NavigationLocation QuickLaunch" instead of "-NavigationLocation TopNavigationBar" also worked great with this module.  

    Thanks for sharing.  

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      rgs-studio365
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 17, 2024

      @Saeid_Abdollahzadeh - one correction.  The first half of the script that copies all the QuickLaunch nav menus to an excel works perfectly.  After that there are two problems: 

      1. It doesn't seem to be copying the MenuURL to the target site.  And even if it didn't error out, in the spreadsheet the URL is being saved as "sites/SOURCESITE/Sitepages...".   Possible to modify the script so that when writing to the new site it updates that relative reference? 
      2. It's generating an error of "Add-PnPNavigationNode: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.".  

      If you have a chance to update this, that would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you. 

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    AlexanderSalamander
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 28, 2021

    Saeid_Abdollahzadeh 

    So mine did not turn out as expected at all...there's duplicates everywhere.  What do I do? 

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