Task list - setting EnableAssignToEmail using PnP powershell - not working consistently

Using the following powershell:

$csvFile = ".\SiteIDs.csv"
$sites = Import-Csv $csvfile

Connect-SPOnline -Url https://<tenantname>.sharepoint.com -Credentials <creds>

foreach ($site in $sites)
{
$web = Get-PnPWeb -Identity $site.siteid
write-host $web.Title
$List = Get-PnPList -Web $web -Identity Tasks
$list.EnableAssignToEmail = $true
$list.Update()
}

In some cases the property is showing as True if I enter

$list.EnableAssignToEmail

but looking in the GUI, it shows as Disabled in the majority of cases - even having left it overnight to see if it was just a display issue.

On a single test list it seemed to take a number of attempts to get the property to show as True in Powershell (was showing blank).

Any ideas? Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

NarasimaPerumal Chandramohan

Jun 08, 2017

Try the below script.

$csvFile = ".\SiteIDs.csv"
$sites = Import-Csv $csvfile
$cred=Get-Credential

foreach ($site in $sites)
{
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $site.URl -Credentials $cred
$ctx=Get-PnPContext
$List = Get-PnPList -Identity Tasks
$list.EnableAssignToEmail = $true
$list.Update()
$ctx.load($list)      
$ctx.executeQuery() 
}

Richard Bourke
Iron Contributor
Jun 07, 2017
This line is using $List (with capital L), the other lines are using $list (lowercase):
$List = Get-PnPList -Web $web -Identity Tasks
- Rob Ellis
  Bronze Contributor
  Jun 07, 2017
  ok - so I corrected that, and re-ran - same problem.
  
  (I wasn't aware that variable names were case sensitive in PoSh - I know some other things are though)
  
  Thanks anyway.
  - jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Jun 07, 2017
    What are you exactly trying to do? Are you executing on SPO or SP OnPrem?

NarasimaPerumal Chandramohan

MVP

Jun 08, 2017

Try the below script.

$csvFile = ".\SiteIDs.csv"
$sites = Import-Csv $csvfile
$cred=Get-Credential

foreach ($site in $sites)
{
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $site.URl -Credentials $cred
$ctx=Get-PnPContext
$List = Get-PnPList -Identity Tasks
$list.EnableAssignToEmail = $true
$list.Update()
$ctx.load($list)      
$ctx.executeQuery() 
}

Rob Ellis
Bronze Contributor
Jun 08, 2017
Works great - thanks so much!

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Task list - setting EnableAssignToEmail using PnP powershell - not working consistently