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Paul Matthews
Brass Contributor
Nov 09, 2017

PNP provisioning -Updating a list removes it from navigation

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but we are currently using PNP templates to provision our document libraries in different sites.    We needed to update a document library on our sit...
Pieter Veenstra's avatar
Pieter Veenstra
MVP
Nov 09, 2017

Hi Paul Matthews,

 

Are you doing something like this:

PS U:\> Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Handlers Lists -Out u:\testlists.xml
PS U:\> 
PS U:\> Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path u:\testlists.xml

My navigation remains in tact. Can you share your template?

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    Paul Matthews
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 09, 2017

    Hi Pieter,

     Thank you for replying. I've tried to break my code down further with an example to be able to share with you, and as you have found the left hand navigation remains. 

     

    Leave it with me, and I'll get you an example that does what I'm experience, or I will work out and understand why it's happening and post my findings to help someone else.


    Thanks.

     

    Paul

    • Paul Matthews's avatar
      Paul Matthews
      Brass Contributor
      Nov 10, 2017

      Hi Pieter Veenstra

       I have been able to replicate our problem. I provide you with 3 files.

      https://1drv.ms/f/s!Am14qASzr6DTlaAgh-EwohiO2whrZw

       

      From a brand new site collection using the classic Team site. 

      Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path:'./otbsite.xml' -Verbose

      This will create a new list called 'Show on Nav', and included on the left hand navigation. I have also changed the homepage to be a modern page. (Welcome.aspx).

       

      After you have done this run

      Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path:'./otbsite.1.xml' -Verbose

      This then updates the 'Show on Nav' views to include the version column. After this is run, the left hand navigation no longer shows 'Show on Nav'. 

       

      It looks like it's to do with the view Url, as we are using this template on multiple tenants, multiple site collections, we removed the original Url as '/sites/PNPTemplate/Show on Nav/Forms/AllItems.aspx' to '{site}/Show on Nav/Forms/AllItems.aspx'

       

      However, after running the template otbsite.1.xml again and replacing the URL of the view from {site}/Show on Nav/Forms/AllItems.aspx' with '/site/blah/Show on Nav/Forms/AllItems.aspx' it doesn't remove from the left navigation, and the views still seem to work OK.

       

      Still having an issue with Lists though.

       

      Even though I have worked out the problem, do you think this is an error in PNP or SharePoint itself?

      • Pieter Veenstra's avatar
        Pieter Veenstra
        MVP
        Nov 10, 2017

        Hi Paul Matthews,

         

        I ran both xml templates and my show on nav list is still in the left hand navigation. 

         

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