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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
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Sep 17, 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
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
Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Sep 17, 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
  • Jeremy GOUPIL's avatar
    Jeremy GOUPIL
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 24, 2018

    So I have renamed srcTemplate.pnp to srcTemplate.zip
    Extracted srcTemplate.zip
    Edited this file : \Files\<guid>.xml

    I have deleted :
    <Field ID="{1a53ab5a-11f9-4b92-a377-8cfaaf6ba7be}" Name="_DisplayName" DisplaceOnUpgrade="TRUE" Sortable="FALSE" Filterable="FALSE" Hidden="FALSE" ReadOnly="TRUE" ShowInFileDlg="FALSE" Type="Lookup" DisplayName="{res:Field_Niveau_de_confidentialité_DisplayName}" 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" />


    and

     

    <Field ID="{1a53ab5a-11f9-4b92-a377-8cfaaf6ba7be}" Name="_DisplayName" DisplaceOnUpgrade="TRUE" Sortable="FALSE" Filterable="FALSE" Hidden="FALSE" ReadOnly="TRUE" ShowInFileDlg="FALSE" Type="Lookup" DisplayName="{res:Field_Niveau_de_confidentialité_DisplayName}" 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" />


    and

     

    <Field ID="{1a53ab5a-11f9-4b92-a377-8cfaaf6ba7be}" Name="_DisplayName" DisplaceOnUpgrade="TRUE" Sortable="FALSE" Filterable="FALSE" Hidden="FALSE" ReadOnly="TRUE" ShowInFileDlg="FALSE" Type="Lookup" DisplayName="{res:Field_Niveau_de_confidentialité_DisplayName}" 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" />

    Zipped to srcTemplate.zip
    Renamed to srcTemplate.pnp

     

    Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : The Provisioning Template URI srcTemplate.xml is not valid.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Sep 24, 2018
      Hi Jeremy,

      Try to save your template to e.g. srcTemplate.xml and edit it in Visual Studio Code, or any other editor of your choice.
      Don't forget to delete the lines just above, and below the field you removed before. Those are <pnp:Fields> and </pnp:Fields>

      If i take one of your fields as example, you shoulde remove the following:

      <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="{res:Field_Niveau_de_confidentialité_DisplayName}" 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>

      Then save your xml file and use that to apply your template ;). You can also attach your xml file so that i can have a quick look at it for other inconsistencies
      • Jeremy GOUPIL's avatar
        Jeremy GOUPIL
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 24, 2018

        Okay sorry my mistake !

        Its finally works... almost haha :)

         

        I have created Home page with new experience but it is not keeped. Page file has been removed. But it is another problem. I gonna Google it.

         

        Thanks a lot everybody !

         

  • William Haywood's avatar
    William Haywood
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 24, 2018

    We ran into this issue with our c# provisioning system today as well and, as mentioned, solved by removing this field from the template:

    var pnpTemplate = web.GetProvisioningTemplate(ptci);

    foreach (var list in pnpTemplate.Lists)
    {
        list.Fields.RemoveAll(d => d.SchemaXml.Contains("_DisplayName"));
    };

     

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