Create Site Contenttype with document template, PnP PowerShell Apply-ProvisioningTemplate error

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I built a site (SiteCollection with only a rootweb) which has site content types that have an uploaded document template.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have enabled debugging (see attached log), and this shows that after creation of the first contenttype with an attached document template, the provisioning crashes with the error:&nbsp;&nbsp;I have verified this, because in the contenttype created (in the log it is called Word), there is no document template configured.&nbsp;Is there a way to provision Document Templates in another way, or is there a way to fix the error?&nbsp;&nbsp;Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : urlOfFile
Parameter name: Specified value is not supported for the urlOfFile parameter.
At C:\provisioning\customer\PowerShellProvisioning\ProvisioningTemplates.psm1:104 char:5
+     Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path $TemplateFile
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate], ServerException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.ApplyProvisioningTemplate&nbsp;

deleted · Answer

Hi Jeroen,&nbsp;it is due to the fact that PNP was initialy for rootweb provisioning we have seen the same problems.&nbsp;What you could do is use the {site} token if available and be sure you also provision the file to the forms gallery if necessary of the lib

pieter veenstra · Answer

Jeroen Bijdevier, The only way forward I found is manually edit the template.xml file and set the template to the default value and then manully aply the document tmeplate after the docuemnt has been applied.

pieter veenstra · Answer

Hi Jeroen Derde,&nbsp;I think that your issue may be similar to this one:&nbsp;https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-Sites-Core/issues/758&nbsp;I remember stepping throguh the code and I noticed that if your document template name doesn't match the out of the box document template then&nbsp;things seems to go wrong.&nbsp;What is the document tmeplate's file name&nbsp;on your content type in question?&nbsp;&nbsp;

jeroen derde · Answer

Pieter Veenstra: The&nbsp;templatename is word.dotx&nbsp;But there is also a poweroint.potx and excel.xltx on a powerpoint and excel contenttype.I can't use the default one's because I also want a DocumentSet derived contenttype in the library.&nbsp;I was able to temporarily work around the problem by putting the templates in a "documenttemplate" doclib in the rootweb, and putting a relative path into the documenttemplate field. ie: /DocumentTemplate/word.dotx&nbsp;Would still like to get it to work with the template uploaded to the contenttype. So I will try renaming it to DocumentTemplate.dotx&nbsp;

jeroen bijdevier · Answer

Hi All,Yes have the same issue. Empty site collection, one content type with a Word template and one site colomn and I am not able to apply the template.Placed the Word template in de source directory does not slove the issue.&nbsp;Do I mis&nbsp;somthing?&nbsp;Please help.&nbsp;&nbsp;Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : urlOfFileParameter name: Opgegeven waarde wordt niet ondersteund voor de parameter urlOfFile.At line:1 char:1+ Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path template.pnp+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; + CategoryInfo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : WriteError: (:) [Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate], ServerException&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.ApplyProvisioningTemplate&nbsp;

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