Applying provisioning template with lookup fields fails

[paulpascha]

Category

[X] Bug
[ ] Enhancement

Environment

[X] Office 365 / SharePoint Online
[ ] SharePoint 2016
[ ] SharePoint 2013

Expected or Desired Behavior

Proper handling of lookup fields in applying Provisioning Templates

Observed Behavior

Applying a template with a lookup field defined in it fails

Steps to Reproduce

• Create Team Site "A" and "B"
• In Team Site "A" create List "My lookup list"
• In Team Site "A" create Field "My Lookup field" referencing "My lookup list"
• Save Team Site "A" as template using Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate
• Apply template to Team Site "B" using Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate

More details
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint-Developer/Error-Provisioning-a-site-containing-Lookup-column-using-PnP/m-p/51353#M1736

[jansenbe]

Thanks for reporting this @paulpascha, looks like something that should get fixed.

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