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Steve Borgwardt
Brass Contributor
Jun 19, 2017

Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate error when providing URL to pnp file in SharePoint

I looked at the samples and source code and it does show you can use a SharePoint doc library to hold the XML template as a .pnp file when passing in the -Path parameter, however I am getting an error.

 

Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path https://my.sharepoint.com/sites/test/template.pnp -Handlers Navigation -ClearNavigation:$true
 
I get this error then:  Object reference not set to an instance of an object
 
It works fine if it is a local file
Has anyone successfully used the Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate command with a SP URL for the path?
  • Daniel Westerdale's avatar
    Daniel Westerdale
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 03, 2018

    Hi

     

    Did you ever get this to work.  I am revisiting some deployment scripts I successfully tested a few months ago  and I am getting the same error - I have created an issue on GIT to follow this up.

     

    Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
    At D:\Dev\Clients\WSL\The Volt SP Starter Kit Non FR\provisioning\Apply-WSLSiteDesignsOrScripts.ps1:69 
    char:1
    + Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path WSLProvisioningSDTemplate.xml
    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate], NullReferenceException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.ApplyProvisioningTempl 
     ate

      

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