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Jeremy GOUPIL
Copper Contributor
Aug 24, 2018
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Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : File not Found

Hello, I have a problem using Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate with PowerShell on a SharePoint Online context. #website created to be used as a template Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://$principalWe...
Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate
  • Deleted's avatar
    Deleted
    Sep 16, 2018
    I've found the lines causing the Error:

    After each List Instance, there is a Field "_DisplayName" that gets updated: the .xml looks like this:
    <pnp:Fields>
    <Field ID="{1a53ab5a-11f9-4b92-a377-8cfaaf6ba7be}" Name="_DisplayName" DisplaceOnUpgrade="TRUE" Sortable="FALSE" Filterable="FALSE" Hidden="FALSE" ReadOnly="TRUE" ShowInFileDlg="FALSE" Type="Lookup" DisplayName="Sensitivity" List="Docs" ListInternal="IpLabelCache" FieldRef="LabelId" ShowField="DisplayName" LeftList="Docs" LeftColumnName="IpLabelId" JoinColName="LabelId" JoinRowOrdinal="0" JoinType="LEFT OUTER" SchemaVersion="16.0.162.0" RecreateIfMissing="TRUE" SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3" StaticName="_DisplayName" FromBaseType="TRUE" />
    </pnp:Fields>

    I removed this Field Updates and was able to apply my template as I wanted. This bug seems to have been reported already (And fixes but not merged yet): https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-Sites-Core/pull/1911
Joel Rodrigues's avatar
Joel Rodrigues
MVP
Aug 24, 2018

A common solution to that error is to open the template file look for the File references and ensure that all those files are available on the relative location where your template is located.

 

For example, if you have a <pnp:File> element referencing a file on "/MyFilesExample/MyFile.txt", next to the template file you will need a "MyFilesExample" folder and inside that folder a "MyFile.txt".

 

This happens in some scenarios, but it's generally easy to fix as you can just create the required folders and download the required files from the original site that was used as a template.

 

Note: I have assumed that you are doing this in 2 steps

- create site and save template

("fix" template)

- create site and apply template

 

Hope this helps

 

 

  • Joel Rodrigues's avatar
    Joel Rodrigues
    MVP
    Aug 31, 2018

    Jeremy GOUPIL just checked your template and I think it's the OneNote reference on navigation.

    <pnp:NavigationNode Title="Bloc-notes" Url="{site}/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc={137c43e8-57b9-4f2f-a6ba-0d50fa98c1c5}&amp;action=editnew" IsExternal="true" />

     

    Try removing this line and try again as it should work

    • Jeremy GOUPIL's avatar
      Jeremy GOUPIL
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 24, 2018

      Hello,
      I have already deleted the OneNote file from my website before creating the template. I have even deleted the file from the site's bin. And the link in the navigation bar has been deleted too. This is not my problem :/

    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      Sep 16, 2018

      I'm experiencing the same issue: tried about everything but don't know why I always get this error:

       

      PowerShell_ISE.exe Information: 0 : 2018-09-16 22:45:56.6430 [Provisioning] [14] [Debug] Code execution scope ended 107192ms 656c838b-f844-4709-b8fb-2372ae42169f
      Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : File Not Found.
      At line:3 char:1
      + Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path "C:\temp\PatrimoniumTeamSiteTempl ...
      + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate], ServerException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.ApplyProvisioningTemplate

       

      I don't think I'm referencing to any document in the provisioning xml.

      xml file in the attachments

      • Joel Rodrigues's avatar
        Joel Rodrigues
        MVP
        Sep 16, 2018
        Maybe a link to the OneNote file on the left navigation? I've seen this as the cause of the problem multiple times
  • Jeremy GOUPIL's avatar
    Jeremy GOUPIL
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 24, 2018

    Hi, Yes I have already read about this.
    To be sure that it is not this problem, I have made my test on an empty website.
    How you can see, my command Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Out arrive just after the creation of the website. I haven't added/deleted/changed nothing before...

    I have read that it was possible to rename the .pnp to .zip, and to look if there is a "pnp:file" in the <guid>.xml file of the folder named "Files".
    But there is nothing....

    • Joel Rodrigues's avatar
      Joel Rodrigues
      MVP
      Aug 24, 2018
      That's correct, you can extract the contents of the file as if it was a zip.
      Check also for other references other than pnp:file elements. For example, a custom site icon can also cause this if I'm not wrong.
      It will be worth quickly checking your entire template.
      Also, check if the master pages are not referenced (generally close to the bottom of the template)
      • Joel Rodrigues's avatar
        Joel Rodrigues
        MVP
        Aug 24, 2018
        And forgot about theme files as well.
        And also, very likely, the link to the OneNote file on the navigation element. Quite sure this is a common issue as well. There is a way to generate that link dynamically

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