Pnp file format

PnP PowerShell is an open-source solution with active community providing support for it. The —Out argument instructs the cmdlet about where to save the provisioning template. The result of extracting and saving the template is, depending of the extension you used in the cmdlet we support.

If you selected to save the template as an XML file it will look like something you see below notice, the template is not complete and is just an example of the XML structure :.

There are many configuration options to set to extract a template. As you can see, the XML elements are fairly self-explanatory. Within the same repository you can also find a markdown MD auto-generated document which describes the main elements, types, and attributes available to manually define an XML provisioning template.

It is up to you to define the ProvisioningTemplate manually, using a model site, or by composing an XML document that validates against the PnP provisioning XSD schema, or by simply writing.

NET code and constructing the hierarchy of objects. You can even do a mix of these approaches: you can design the provisioning template by using a model site, save it as an XML file, and do some in-memory customizations, while handling the ProvisioningTemplate instance in your code.

Now that you have seen what a provisioning template is you are ready to apply it to a target site. Let's say that you have created another new Communication site collection in SharePoint Online as shown in the following figure. By default, the site will look like the following figure, which is the default layout of a Communication site. The —Path argument refers to the source template file, which the cmdlet automatically applies to the currently connected site implied by the Connect-PnPOnline cmdlet.

The rule of thumb is that when you apply a site template the site you target needs to be created and working. Windows Pegasus Mail. Possible problems with the PNP format files The inability to open and operate the PNP file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer.

Accidental deletion of the description of the PNP from the Windows registry Incomplete installation of an application that supports the PNP format The PNP file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.

The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the PNP file. Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a PNP file are out of date.

Similar extensions. How to associate the file with an installed software? Is there one way to open unknown files? Last updated. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback. Every file has been renamed to have a unique file name. The reason for this is that the Office Open XML file format does not allow for subfolders in this structure, but what if you have 2 different files referred to in your template, each having the same file name?

Say you have a file called project. For this reason we rename the files to have a unique filename. When we apply the template we make use of a lookup table to find the actual filename. That lookup table is located in the ProvisioningTemplate folder and is called files-map.

You'll see that for every file you find in the Files folder we have a matching entry in the files-map.