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Ivan54's avatar
Ivan54
Bronze Contributor
Feb 08, 2019

Copy/Export Navigation?

Is there a PowerShell command (or other way) to export a hub site navigation and import it to another hub site navigation?
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Saeid_Abdollahzadeh
Copper Contributor

Hi Darren_Smith 

 

Copy-PNPNavigation -SourceSite https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SourceSite -BackupDestination C:\FolderOfBackupFile -DestinationSite https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/DestinationSite -NavigationLocation TopNavigationBar

 

It's the full line of the command. You have to enter the source site address, which you want to copy the navigation from it, then you need to enter the destination folder where the backup file will save there. If you're going to add the navigation menu to the destination site, you have to use the -DestinationSite switch, otherwise the backup file doesn't copy to the destination site, and you have the backup file only!

https://github.com/saeid-adz/Copy-PNPNavigation

 

BR,

Saeid.

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Darren_Smith
Copper Contributor
Oct 01, 2020

Saeid_Abdollahzadeh Hi Saeid, thanks so much for your reply and the clarification.  When running the command, I now get an error 'D:\SiteNavigationBackup.xlsx' file not found.  When viewing the directory, the backup file was never written.  Am I missing something?  

  • Saeid_Abdollahzadeh's avatar
    Saeid_Abdollahzadeh
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 02, 2020

    Hi again Darren_Smith 

    I suggested that you use a specific folder instead of the drive path for the backup file! for example:

     

    Copy-PNPNavigation -SourceSite https://YourSourceSite.sharepoint.com -BackupDestination C:\Backup -DestinationSite https://YourDestinationSite.sharepoint.com/sites/TEST -NavigationLocation TopNavigationBar

     

    You will see the "SiteNavigationBackup.xlsx" in the Backup folder!

    It should be fixed by this command!

    Also, make sure that you use version 1.0.2

     

    good luck 🙂

     

    BR,

    Saeid.

    • AlexanderSalamander's avatar
      AlexanderSalamander
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 28, 2021

      Saeid_Abdollahzadeh 

      So mine did not turn out as expected at all...there's duplicates everywhere.  What do I do? 

    • rgs-studio365's avatar
      rgs-studio365
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 17, 2024

      Saeid_Abdollahzadeh - I just tried your module after making a couple modifications and it worked great.  Updated changes needed where:

      • Replace -UseWebLogin with -Interactive  (so it supports MFA login)
      • Replace SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline with PnP.Powershell

      I'm new to Github, so not sure if i did this right, but made the corrections in fork at 
      Comparing saeid-adz:master...robert-studio365:patch-1 · saeid-adz/Copy-PNPNavigation (github.com)

      Also took me awhile to figure this out, but using "-NavigationLocation QuickLaunch" instead of "-NavigationLocation TopNavigationBar" also worked great with this module.  

      Thanks for sharing.  

      • rgs-studio365's avatar
        rgs-studio365
        Copper Contributor
        Feb 17, 2024

        @Saeid_Abdollahzadeh - one correction.  The first half of the script that copies all the QuickLaunch nav menus to an excel works perfectly.  After that there are two problems: 

        1. It doesn't seem to be copying the MenuURL to the target site.  And even if it didn't error out, in the spreadsheet the URL is being saved as "sites/SOURCESITE/Sitepages...".   Possible to modify the script so that when writing to the new site it updates that relative reference? 
        2. It's generating an error of "Add-PnPNavigationNode: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.".  

        If you have a chance to update this, that would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you. 

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