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Ransher Singh's avatar
Ransher Singh
Copper Contributor
Jan 06, 2017

Error when trying to create site template using Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate

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?

 

PnP

5 Replies

  • Pieter Veenstra's avatar
    Pieter Veenstra
    MVP
    Jan 09, 2017

    Can you run Get-PnPProvisioingTemplate without any parameters?

     

    It looks like writing to the file is failing.

    • Ransher Singh's avatar
      Ransher Singh
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 13, 2017

      Hi Peiter,

       

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

       

       

      • Ron Courville's avatar
        Ron Courville
        Copper Contributor
        Feb 21, 2018

        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

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Jan 07, 2017

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

    • Ransher Singh's avatar
      Ransher Singh
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 09, 2017

      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!

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