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Patrick Borgschulte
Jun 28, 2018Brass Contributor
SharePoint Online - Cannot save site as a template since this morning
Hi! Since this morning I cannot save anymore any site as a template to the site collection's solution gallery. I have checked whether the site size incl. content is below 50 MB (actually it is 3 MB)...
- Sep 18, 2019
Works again as it should! It was a bug on Microsoft's side ...
Patrick Borgschulte
Jun 29, 2018Brass Contributor
Hola Juan Carlos,
Well, I do not quite understand what is a coded Sandbox Solution and what is a declarative Sandbox Solution. You may explain this in easy words. :)
My site template stored in the site collection's solution gallery contains a generic project sub-site structure, custom lists and libraries incl. content, customized webparts and some JavaScript code snippets. The custom site columns incl. JSON CSR and content types are defined one site level higher. Now, that is exactly what I need to easily set up a sub-site for each new project.
I really cannot understand why Microsoft has "switched off" the use of site templates via the solution gallery from one day to the other?! Our IT guys have already opened up a support ticket with Microsoft. Until now, no feedback ...
As to some sources site templates and solution gallery are deprecated since 2015 I had also a look at the replacement solutions using "PnP provisioning engine" and "SharePoint Add-in". OMG, this is really complex in comparison to the easy way using a site template. I do not even know whether I could go this way as a site collection admin as I am not a SharePoint admin.
Let's see, what Microsoft responds ...
Ciao,
Patrick
Well, I do not quite understand what is a coded Sandbox Solution and what is a declarative Sandbox Solution. You may explain this in easy words. :)
My site template stored in the site collection's solution gallery contains a generic project sub-site structure, custom lists and libraries incl. content, customized webparts and some JavaScript code snippets. The custom site columns incl. JSON CSR and content types are defined one site level higher. Now, that is exactly what I need to easily set up a sub-site for each new project.
I really cannot understand why Microsoft has "switched off" the use of site templates via the solution gallery from one day to the other?! Our IT guys have already opened up a support ticket with Microsoft. Until now, no feedback ...
As to some sources site templates and solution gallery are deprecated since 2015 I had also a look at the replacement solutions using "PnP provisioning engine" and "SharePoint Add-in". OMG, this is really complex in comparison to the easy way using a site template. I do not even know whether I could go this way as a site collection admin as I am not a SharePoint admin.
Let's see, what Microsoft responds ...
Ciao,
Patrick
Patrick Borgschulte
Sep 18, 2019Brass Contributor
Works again as it should! It was a bug on Microsoft's side ...