Error when trying to create site template using Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate

[Ransher Singh]

I am trying to copy a template from a SPO existing site on my tenant and recieving the following error:

Connect-PnPOnline -url "https://mycustomtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sptest"

Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate -force -out "C:\SPOTemplates\SPOProject.xml"

Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate : Object reference not set to an instance of an
object.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate -force -out "C:\SPOTemplates\SPOProject.xml"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate], N
   ullReferenceException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Prov
   isioning.GetProvisioningTemplate

Visually, I can see that it fails during working on "List instances" but is there any way to debug/analyze and fix the problem?

[#2]

Do you use the latest PNP powershell? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35588

[#3]

Hi Paul,

I am. I assume the issue might be with one of the lists in the site which I am trying to convert into a site template.

So I am debugging in Powershell

Set-SPOTraceLog -On -Level Debug

and then running the Provisioning command to see where it fails:

Get-SPOProvisioningTemplate -Handler Fields -Out c:\temp\test.xml

Do let me know if I am on the right path, or I should be attempting something else.

Thanks!

[#4]

Can you run Get-PnPProvisioingTemplate without any parameters?

It looks like writing to the file is failing.

[#5]

Hi Peiter,

Even without parameters, it still fails while trying to process "List instances"

 

[#6]

I'm facing the same issue - failing on List Instances here as well. Looks like the issue has been reported on Github, but there is no known solution yet.

https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell/issues/1298