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Sep 12, 2023

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List items don't copy when I use PnP Provisioning Engine

Hi! I've a PowerShell script to get template from TestSite2 and invoke this template on TestSite3. I use config.json to get only list "testlist" template from TestSite2. { "$schema":"https://a...

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SvenSieverding
Sep 14, 2023
Hi Pavel2235 ,

I recently had issues like that.
It seems like this: If you export list elements using the config file, then ALL properties of all fields are exported as datavalues... in order to import these items I had to remove the datavalues for "ContentType" and other internal columns. Then an import worked.

Btw: If you export a site template like this

Get-PnPSiteTemplate list.xml -Handlers Lists -ListsToExtract "MyList" Add-PnPDataRowsToSiteTemplate -Path .\list.xml -List "MyList"

then you don't get datavalue elements for internal columns (But that does not work well for files and attachmetns)

Best Regards,
Sven

Pavel2235

Brass Contributor

Sep 14, 2023

ganeshsanap
There was not any error/warning while invoking and after execution.
I tried to do the same on another List.

I created a new List "SimpleList" and followed the same steps.
Now it seems that the items have been transferred, but with empty values in the fields.
There were no any error/warning while invoking and after execution either.

By the way, I use Team Site. Maybe this can only be done on Communication Site?

SvenSieverding

Bronze Contributor

Sep 14, 2023

Hi Pavel2235 ,

I recently had issues like that.
It seems like this: If you export list elements using the config file, then ALL properties of all fields are exported as datavalues... in order to import these items I had to remove the datavalues for "ContentType" and other internal columns. Then an import worked.

Btw: If you export a site template like this

Get-PnPSiteTemplate list.xml -Handlers Lists -ListsToExtract "MyList"
Add-PnPDataRowsToSiteTemplate -Path .\list.xml -List "MyList"

then you don't get datavalue elements for internal columns (But that does not work well for files and attachmetns)

Best Regards,
Sven

Pavel2235
Brass Contributor
Sep 14, 2023
SvenSieverding Thank you very much for your response!