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Bernd Verhofstadt
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Jul 26, 2019
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PnP: Provisioning a site and trigger a Flow or Function

Hi,

I'm using PnP Provisioning engine to create new sites/groups. I want to start a flow or function after or during the provisioning. I've tried using the SiteWebHooks:

<pnp:SiteWebhooks>
  <pnp:Webhook ServerNotificationUrl="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftesthttptrigger-imec.azurewebsites.net%2Fapi%2FHttpTrigger1%3Fcode%3Dthecode&data=02%7C01%7CBernd.Verhofstadt%40imec.be%7C306b0cac3c4c4a59452708d7119dc32a%7Ca72d5a7225ee40f09bd1067cb5b770d4%7C0%7C0%7C636997242165003036&sdata=NaGkqZ7s0mL9sbPklSRgaon%2BRAx4pPF8bgHCqjHEVyA%3D&reserved=0" ExpiresInDays="31" SiteWebhookType="WebCreated" />
</pnp:SiteWebhooks>

It seems that this webhook was created to so some tasks for the pnp schema:

https://twitter.com/vrdmn/status/889862682341511168?s=20

 

I see some other workarounds:

1. Create a custom SPFx app to start a flow or function

2. Create a site from a site design

 

Does anyone have an idea to start flow from PnP Provisioning Engine?

 

Best regards,

Bernd

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PnP
  • Carlos_Marins's avatar
    Carlos_Marins
    Jul 26, 2019

    Hey Bernd Verhofstadt ,

     

    I ran into a similar problem recently. Basically, we have a governance system to record any team created. And I needed to know whether the provision was ready or not. My solution was to have a "Governance" List, where each item is a site created. the list also has a column "isReady" that I update to "yes" when my powershell script is done provisioning. So that's an option for you. Basically, you have a list to keep tracking of provisioning, have your script set(or create) an item in this list, and create a Flow to check, when an item is updated(or created) if it is ready, aka finished provisioning.

     

    Let me know if you need any help.

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  • Carlos_Marins's avatar
    Carlos_Marins
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 26, 2019

    Hey Bernd Verhofstadt ,

     

    I ran into a similar problem recently. Basically, we have a governance system to record any team created. And I needed to know whether the provision was ready or not. My solution was to have a "Governance" List, where each item is a site created. the list also has a column "isReady" that I update to "yes" when my powershell script is done provisioning. So that's an option for you. Basically, you have a list to keep tracking of provisioning, have your script set(or create) an item in this list, and create a Flow to check, when an item is updated(or created) if it is ready, aka finished provisioning.

     

    Let me know if you need any help.

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