Sep 01 2016 01:05 PM - edited Sep 01 2016 01:12 PM
Hello, I am working with the provisioning engine and it's working perfectly on site collection level. But when I try to apply a template to a subsite, it fails with an error message I can't decipher. I've checked the SPO trace log and it's not giving me anything helpful to troubleshoot. I'm unsure how to fix this. I don't know what the null value with parameter name of source is referring to. Any ideas what could be causing this? I tried the code in C# with same results. Here is trace log:
Provisioning.vshost.exe Information: 0 : 2016-09-01 15:26:03.4671 [OfficeDevPnP.Core] [0] [Information] File template.xml retrieved from folder Benefits 0ms 'Provisioning.vshost.exe' (CLR v4.0.30319: Provisioning.vshost.exe): Loaded 'Microsoft.GeneratedCode'. Exception thrown: 'System.ArgumentNullException' in System.Core.dll
And this is the exception message:
Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate : Value cannot be null. Parameter name: source At line:1 char:1 + Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate -Path C:\vs_prov\Benefits\template.xml + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate], ArgumentNullException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Branding.ApplyProvisioningTemplate
Thank you very much for any help you can provide.
Sep 01 2016 06:26 PM
Sep 02 2016 08:05 AM
What's the version of PnP PowerShell you're using? We've recently been fixing a few issues related to provisioning subsites...can you repro this using the latest version?
Sep 02 2016 12:01 PM
Update: Fixed (kind of)
I was using 2.6.1608.0
I checked and all of the local files that are referenced by the template are located in the folder.
I was able to fix this by getting the template with GetProvisioningTemplate provided by the PnP C# sample Provisioning.Framework.Console. Previously I was referencing an .xml file I got with the PowerShell cmdlet and then running C# method on that outputted file. I don't know what makes this C# method different than referencing a previously created xml file
I'm still not able to use the .xml file I created with PowerShell cmdlet but when I get template directly and reference it from memory, it works.
The original plan was to reference a previously created XML file but this works for the time being.
Sep 04 2016 11:24 PM
hmm...both should work. Can you log an issue in our pnp sites core issue list, including the XML you're reading?
Dec 30 2016 12:23 AM
Hi,
I am also getting the below error and nothing get created in sub site using PnP provision commands.
Connect-SPOnline -Url https://Domain.sharepoint.com/Sites/TT1 -Credential DEV #(Get-Credential)
Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate -Path .\RetailerExtranetQARootSubSiteSiteStructureToTSW_2.xml
Error :
Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate : Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: stream
At line:1 char:1
+ Apply-SPOProvisioningTemplate -Path .\RetailerExtranetQASubSiteStruc ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate], ArgumentNullException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.ApplyProvisioningTemplate