PnPPowershell Add-SPONavigationNode question

[Russell Gove]

Hi,

I am trying to use the PnPPowershell Add-SPONavigationNode  command to  add all of a webs subwebs to its Quicklaunch. The Site is on Office 365. I am attempting to do this recursively, so i just run the script on the rootweb,, and it sill set this up for all the subwebs.

My powershell script is:

function fixupNavigation ($web) {

Add-SPONavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"

$subwebs=$web.Webs

$context.Load($subwebs)

$context.ExecuteQuery()

foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){

Add-SPONavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title $subweb.Title -Url $subweb.Url -Header "Teams"

}

foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){

fixupNavigation $subweb

}

}

Connect-SPOnline -Url https://tenant.sharepoint.com/teams/IT -Credentials o365

$context=get-spocontext

$web=$context.Web

fixupNavigation $web

It successfully adds all the subsites to the  root-web, but as soon as it goies to the first subweb, it gets an error on line

Add-SPONavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"  

the error says

Add-SPONavigationNode : The object is used in the context different from the one associated with the object.

Anybody know how to fix thi?

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Please try this script.

function fixupNavigation ($web) {

Add-SPONavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"
$subwebs=$web.Webs
$context.Load($subwebs)
$context.ExecuteQuery()
foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){
Add-SPONavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title $subweb.Title -Url $subweb.Url -Header "Teams"
}
foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){
Connect-SPOnline -Url $subweb.Url -Credentials $o365
$context=get-spocontext
$subconweb=$context.Web
fixupNavigation $subconweb
}
}
$o365=Get-Credential
Connect-SPOnline –Url https://tenant.sharepoint.com/teams/IT -Credentials $o365
$context=get-spocontext
$web=$context.Web
fixupNavigation $web 

[#3]

Tanks Sanosh, Worked like a charm!

[#4]

Hi Santosh,

The sample you provoided worked fine back in October. I'm coming back to this project and the sample has stopped working. I have updated to the most recent SharePointPnPPowershell (2.13.1703) thinking there may have been some changes , but I'm still getting the error:

Add-PNPNavigationNode : The object is used in the context different from the one associated with the object.

I have updated the code to use the new PNP-named cmdlets as follows:

function fixupNavigation ($web) {

    Add-PNPNavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"
    $subwebs=$web.Webs
    $context.Load($subwebs)
    $context.ExecuteQuery()
    foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){
        Add-PNPNavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title $subweb.Title -Url $subweb.Url -Header "Teams"
    }
    foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){
        Connect-PNPOnline -Url $subweb.Url -Credentials $o365
        $context=get-spocontext
        $subconweb=$context.Web
        fixupNavigation $subconweb
    }
}

Connect-pnpOnline -Url https://tronoxglobal.sharepoint.com/teams/IT/ -Credentials o365
$context=get-pnpcontext 
$web=$context.Web 

fixupNavigation $web 

It throws the

Add-PNPNavigationNode : The object is used in the context different from the one associated with the object.

error at  the line

Add-PNPNavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"

This error is now occurring at the very first execution of the fixupNavigation method (the call for the rootweb)

Any idea how to fix this?

[#5]

Hi Santosh,

The sample you provoided worked fine back in October. I'm coming back to this project and the sample has stopped working. I have updated to the most recent SharePointPnPPowershell (2.13.1703) thinking there may have been some changes , but I'm still getting the error:

Add-PNPNavigationNode : The object is used in the context different from the one associated with the object.

I have updated the code to use the new PNP-named cmdlets as follows:

function fixupNavigation ($web) {

    Add-PNPNavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"
    $subwebs=$web.Webs
    $context.Load($subwebs)
    $context.ExecuteQuery()
    foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){
        Add-PNPNavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title $subweb.Title -Url $subweb.Url -Header "Teams"
    }
    foreach ($subweb in $subwebs){
        Connect-PNPOnline -Url $subweb.Url -Credentials $o365
        $context=get-spocontext
        $subconweb=$context.Web
        fixupNavigation $subconweb
    }
}

Connect-pnpOnline -Url https://tronoxglobal.sharepoint.com/teams/IT/ -Credentials o365
$context=get-pnpcontext 
$web=$context.Web 

fixupNavigation $web 

It throws the

Add-PNPNavigationNode : The object is used in the context different from the one associated with the object.

error at  the line

Add-PNPNavigationNode -Web $web -Location QuickLaunch -Title "Teams"

This error is now occurring at the very first execution of the fixupNavigation method (the call for the rootweb)

Any idea how to fix this?