Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[mbalcarek]

I am trying to copy a customized home page home.aspx from one site collection to another. Both are modern team sites without Teams. Please note there is a home.aspx in both the source and target urls.

`
$pageName = "Home.aspx"

Connect-PnPOnline -Url $srcUrl  -Credentials $UserCredential 

$tempFile = "c:\temp\template.xml"   # [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName();

Export-PnPPage -Force -Identity $pageName -Out $tempFile

Connect-PnPOnline -Url $destUrl  -Credentials $UserCredential 

Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate -Path $tempFile

Get-PnPException`

results:

Message : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stacktrace : at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.CreatePage(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser, PnPMonitoredScope scope,
BaseClientSidePage clientSidePage, String pagesLibrary, List pagesLibraryList, Int32& currentPageIndex, List`1 preCreatedPages)
at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.ProvisionObjects(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser,
ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation)
at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.SiteToTemplateConversion.ApplyRemoteTemplate(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation
provisioningInfo, Boolean calledFromHierarchy, TokenParser tokenParser)
at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTemplate.ExecuteCmdlet()
at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.PnPSharePointCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ScriptLineNumber : 19

[jansenbe]

@mbalcarek : can you share the created template (the template.xml file)?

[piteerus]

Got the same...

Please have mine....

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<pnp:Provisioning xmlns:pnp="http://schemas.dev.office.com/PnP/2020/02/ProvisioningSchema">
  <pnp:Preferences Generator="PnP.Framework, Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" />
  <pnp:Templates ID="CONTAINER-TEMPLATE-8DC33C5F9BBB442B8BD82870854E0F56">
    <pnp:ProvisioningTemplate ID="TEMPLATE-8DC33C5F9BBB442B8BD82870854E0F56" Version="1" BaseSiteTemplate="SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0" Scope="RootSite">
      <pnp:ClientSidePages>
        <pnp:ClientSidePage PromoteAsNewsArticle="false" PromoteAsTemplate="true" Overwrite="true" Title="MixedPage-Template" ThumbnailUrl="" PageName="Templates/MixedPage-Template.aspx">
          <pnp:Header Type="Default" LayoutType="FullWidthImage" TextAlignment="Center" ShowTopicHeader="false" ShowPublishDate="false" TopicHeader="" AlternativeText="" Authors="[]" AuthorByLine="[]" AuthorByLineId="-1" />
          <pnp:Sections>
            <pnp:Section Order="1" Type="OneColumn" BackgroundEmphasis="Neutral">
              <pnp:Controls>
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="QuickLinks" JsonControlData="{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;c70391ea-0b10-4ee9-b2b4-006d3fcad0cd&quot;, &quot;instanceId&quot;: &quot;e042ed33-d580-4993-9e23-33c06ca84912&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Quick links&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;Quick links&quot;, &quot;dataVersion&quot;: &quot;2.2&quot;, &quot;properties&quot;: {&quot;items&quot;:[],&quot;isMigrated&quot;:true,&quot;layoutId&quot;:&quot;Grid&quot;,&quot;shouldShowThumbnail&quot;:true,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:400,&quot;buttonLayoutOptions&quot;:{&quot;showDescription&quot;:false,&quot;buttonTreatment&quot;:2,&quot;iconPositionType&quot;:2,&quot;textAlignmentVertical&quot;:2,&quot;textAlignmentHorizontal&quot;:2,&quot;linesOfText&quot;:2},&quot;listLayoutOptions&quot;:{&quot;showDescription&quot;:false,&quot;showIcon&quot;:true},&quot;waffleLayoutOptions&quot;:{&quot;iconSize&quot;:1,&quot;onlyShowThumbnail&quot;:false},&quot;hideWebPartWhenEmpty&quot;:true,&quot;dataProviderId&quot;:&quot;QuickLinks&quot;,&quot;webId&quot;:&quot;{siteid}&quot;,&quot;siteId&quot;:&quot;{sitecollectionid}&quot;}, &quot;serverProcessedContent&quot;: {&quot;htmlStrings&quot;:{},&quot;searchablePlainTexts&quot;:{},&quot;imageSources&quot;:{},&quot;links&quot;:{&quot;baseUrl&quot;:&quot;https://{fqdn}{site}&quot;},&quot;componentDependencies&quot;:{&quot;layoutComponentId&quot;:&quot;706e33c8-af37-4e7b-9d22-6e5694d92a6f&quot;}}, &quot;dynamicDataPaths&quot;: {}, &quot;dynamicDataValues&quot;: {}}" ControlId="c70391ea-0b10-4ee9-b2b4-006d3fcad0cd" Order="1" Column="1" />
              </pnp:Controls>
            </pnp:Section>
            <pnp:Section Order="2" Type="TwoColumn">
              <pnp:Controls>
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="Text" ControlId="9db2789a-661c-40e6-a6f7-9508a509735c" Order="1" Column="1">
                  <pnp:CanvasControlProperties>
                    <pnp:CanvasControlProperty Key="Text" Value="{{Topic:Title}}" />
                  </pnp:CanvasControlProperties>
                </pnp:CanvasControl>
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="Text" ControlId="9db2789a-661c-40e6-a6f7-9508a509735c" Order="2" Column="1">
                  <pnp:CanvasControlProperties>
                    <pnp:CanvasControlProperty Key="Text" Value="{{Topic:Description}}" />
                  </pnp:CanvasControlProperties>
                </pnp:CanvasControl>
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="List" JsonControlData="{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;f92bf067-bc19-489e-a556-7fe95f508720&quot;, &quot;instanceId&quot;: &quot;098419d4-440a-4047-abf1-cc7331ad1756&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;List&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;List&quot;, &quot;dataVersion&quot;: &quot;1.0&quot;, &quot;properties&quot;: {&quot;isDocumentLibrary&quot;:true,&quot;selectedListId&quot;:&quot;{listid:Documents}&quot;,&quot;selectedListUrl&quot;:&quot;{site}/Shared Documents&quot;,&quot;webRelativeListUrl&quot;:&quot;/Shared Documents&quot;,&quot;webpartHeightKey&quot;:4,&quot;selectedViewId&quot;:&quot;{viewid:Documents,All Documents}&quot;}, &quot;serverProcessedContent&quot;: {&quot;htmlStrings&quot;:{},&quot;searchablePlainTexts&quot;:{&quot;listTitle&quot;:&quot;Documents&quot;},&quot;imageSources&quot;:{},&quot;links&quot;:{}}, &quot;dynamicDataPaths&quot;: {}, &quot;dynamicDataValues&quot;: {&quot;filterBy&quot;:{}}}" ControlId="f92bf067-bc19-489e-a556-7fe95f508720" Order="3" Column="1" />
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="Custom" JsonControlData="{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;9fb420d0-8958-421d-a64f-bc86fac4b1a5&quot;, &quot;instanceId&quot;: &quot;33c1744c-9112-40dd-a39d-2ca6580dfc65&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Topic Videos Browser&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;Topic Videos Browser&quot;, &quot;dataVersion&quot;: &quot;1.0&quot;, &quot;properties&quot;: {&quot;topicId&quot;:484,&quot;itemsNumber&quot;:10}, &quot;serverProcessedContent&quot;: {&quot;htmlStrings&quot;:{},&quot;searchablePlainTexts&quot;:{},&quot;imageSources&quot;:{},&quot;links&quot;:{}}, &quot;dynamicDataPaths&quot;: {}, &quot;dynamicDataValues&quot;: {}}" ControlId="9fb420d0-8958-421d-a64f-bc86fac4b1a5" Order="1" Column="2" />
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="People" JsonControlData="{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;7f718435-ee4d-431c-bdbf-9c4ff326f46e&quot;, &quot;instanceId&quot;: &quot;189d9d10-4539-4f96-a1bd-8f6ac3397d54&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;People&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;People&quot;, &quot;dataVersion&quot;: &quot;1.3&quot;, &quot;properties&quot;: {&quot;layout&quot;:1,&quot;persons&quot;:[]}, &quot;serverProcessedContent&quot;: {&quot;htmlStrings&quot;:{},&quot;searchablePlainTexts&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Topic Owner&quot;},&quot;imageSources&quot;:{},&quot;links&quot;:{}}, &quot;dynamicDataPaths&quot;: {}, &quot;dynamicDataValues&quot;: {}}" ControlId="7f718435-ee4d-431c-bdbf-9c4ff326f46e" Order="2" Column="2" />
              </pnp:Controls>
            </pnp:Section>
          </pnp:Sections>
        </pnp:ClientSidePage>
      </pnp:ClientSidePages>
    </pnp:ProvisioningTemplate>
  </pnp:Templates>
</pnp:Provisioning>

Please also find the exception

provisioning [dev ≡]> Get-PnPException


Message          : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stacktrace       :    at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.CreatePage(Web web, Provisioni
                   ngTemplate template, TokenParser parser, PnPMonitoredScope scope, BaseClientSidePage clientSidePage,
                    String pagesLibrary, List pagesLibraryList, Int32& currentPageIndex, List`1 preCreatedPages)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.ProvisionObjects(Web web, Prov
                   isioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInfor
                   mation)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.SiteToTemplateConversion.ApplyRemoteTemplate(Web web
                   , ProvisioningTemplate template, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation provisioningInfo, Boolean c
                   alledFromHierarchy, TokenParser tokenParser)
                      at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTemplate.ExecuteCmdlet()
                      at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.PnPSharePointCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ScriptLineNumber : 35

[DmitryVorobyov]

Same error when trying to deploy some lists/fields to a site. Template XML attached.

ApprovalLists.zip

Error thrown by script line 87:

Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate -Path $templateFileName -Handlers Lists

Get-PnPException output:

Message : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stacktrace : at PnP.Framework.AuthenticationManager.d__47.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult() at PnP.Framework.AuthenticationManager.<GetAccessTokenAsync>d__45.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult()
at PnP.Framework.AuthenticationManager.d__43.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.TokenRetrieval.d__0.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTemplate.<>c.<b__16_3>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult()
at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.PnPProvisioningContext.AcquireToken(String resource, String scope)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContextExtensions.GetAccessToken(ClientRuntimeContext clientContext)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContextExtensions.IsAppOnly(ClientRuntimeContext clientContext)
at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectListInstance.UpdateList(Web web, List existingList, ListInstance templateList, TokenParser parser, PnPMonitoredScope
scope, Boolean isNoScriptSite)
at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectListInstance.ProvisionObjects(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser,
ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation)
at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.SiteToTemplateConversion.ApplyRemoteTemplate(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template,
ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation provisioningInfo, Boolean calledFromHierarchy, TokenParser tokenParser)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebExtensions.ApplyProvisioningTemplate(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation
applyingInformation)
at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTemplate.ExecuteCmdlet()
at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.PnPSharePointCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ScriptLineNumber : 87

[github-actions]

This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days

[KaushalKhamar]

I am getting this issue while provisioning template. Below is error.

Message          : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stacktrace       :    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldAndContentTypeExtensions.BestMatch(String contentTypeId, IEnumerable`1 contentTypeCollection)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectListInstance.CreateView(Web web, View view, ViewCollection existingViews, List createdList, 
                   PnPMonitoredScope monitoredScope, TokenParser parser, Int32 currentViewIndex, Int32 total)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectListInstance.ProcessViews(Web web, TokenParser parser, PnPMonitoredScope scope, ListInfo 
                   listInfo)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectListInstance.ProvisionObjects(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser, 
                   ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.SiteToTemplateConversion.ApplyRemoteTemplate(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, 
                   ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation provisioningInfo, Boolean calledFromHierarchy, TokenParser tokenParser)
                      at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTemplate.ExecuteCmdlet()
                      at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.PnPSharePointCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ScriptLineNumber : 15

[clausewit]

I have got the same problem... I got the template with this code from a dev tenant and I can't Import it into the production tenant.

$FilePath = "C:\temp\sitetemplate.xml"

Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out $FilePath -Handlers PageContents -IncludeAllClientSidePages -PersistBrandingFiles -Force

After connecting to the site, I fire this command, but the error displayed below pops up.

Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate -Path $FilePath

Message : Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Stacktrace : at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldAndContentTypeExtensions.IsChildOf(ContentTypeId current, ContentTypeId contentTypeId) at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.CreatePage(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser, PnPMonitoredScope scope, BaseClientSidePage clientSidePage, String pagesLibrary, List pagesLibraryList, Int32& currentPageIndex, List`1 preCreatedPages) at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.ProvisionObjects(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation) at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.SiteToTemplateConversion.ApplyRemoteTemplate(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation provisioningInfo, Boolean calledFromHierarchy, TokenParser tokenParser) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebExtensions.ApplyProvisioningTemplate(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation) at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTemplate.ExecuteCmdlet() in D:\a\powershell\powershell\src\Commands\Provisioning\Site\InvokeSiteTemplate.cs:line 327 at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.PnPSharePointCmdlet.ProcessRecord() in D:\a\powershell\powershell\src\Commands\Base\PnPSharePointCmdlet.cs:line 114 ScriptLineNumber : 39

[CallumCrowley]

I am getting similar issues with Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate, why was this issue closed?

[ImenTurki]

am getting the same error , any idea please or other suggestion to copy a site from tenant to another