New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder
SYNOPSIS
Generates a provisioning template from a given folder, including only files that are present in that folder
SYNTAX
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder [[-Out] <String>] [[-Folder] <String>] [[-TargetFolder] <String>]
[-Match <String>] [-ContentType <ContentTypePipeBind>] [-Properties <Hashtable>]
[[-Schema] <XMLPnPSchemaVersion>] [-AsIncludeFile] [-Force] [-Encoding <Encoding>]
[-Connection <PnPConnection>]
DESCRIPTION
Allows to create a new provisioning site template based on a given folder, including files present in it.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE 1
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.xml
Creates an empty provisioning template, and includes all files in the current folder.
EXAMPLE 2
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.xml -Folder c:\temp
Creates an empty provisioning template, and includes all files in the c:\temp folder.
EXAMPLE 3
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.xml -Folder c:\temp -Match *.js
Creates an empty provisioning template, and includes all files with a JS extension in the c:\temp folder.
EXAMPLE 4
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.xml -Folder c:\temp -Match *.js -TargetFolder "Shared Documents"
Creates an empty provisioning template, and includes all files with a JS extension in the c:\temp folder and marks the files in the template to be added to the 'Shared Documents' folder
EXAMPLE 5
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.xml -Folder c:\temp -Match *.js -TargetFolder "Shared Documents" -ContentType "Test Content Type"
Creates an empty provisioning template, and includes all files with a JS extension in the c:\temp folder and marks the files in the template to be added to the 'Shared Documents' folder. It will add a property to the item for the content type.
EXAMPLE 6
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.xml -Folder c:\temp -Match *.js -TargetFolder "Shared Documents" -Properties @{"Title" = "Test Title"; "Category"="Test Category"}
Creates an empty provisioning template, and includes all files with a JS extension in the c:\temp folder and marks the files in the template to be added to the 'Shared Documents' folder. It will add the specified properties to the file entries.
EXAMPLE 7
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.pnp
Creates an empty provisioning template as a pnp package file, and includes all files in the current folder
EXAMPLE 8
New-PnPSiteTemplateFromFolder -Out template.pnp -Folder c:\temp
Creates an empty provisioning template as a pnp package file, and includes all files in the c:\temp folder
PARAMETERS
-AsIncludeFile
If specified, the output will only contain the <pnp:Files> element. This allows the output to be included in another template.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Connection
Optional connection to be used by the cmdlet. Retrieve the value for this parameter by either specifying -ReturnConnection on Connect-PnPOnline or by executing Get-PnPConnection.
Type: PnPConnection
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-ContentType
An optional content type to use.
Type: ContentTypePipeBind
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Encoding
The encoding type of the XML file, Unicode is default
Type: Encoding
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Folder
Folder to process. If not specified the current folder will be used.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Force
Overwrites the output file if it exists.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Match
Optional wildcard pattern to match filenames against. If empty all files will be included.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Out
Filename to write to, optionally including full path.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Properties
Additional properties to set for every file entry in the generated template.
Type: Hashtable
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Schema
The schema of the output to use, defaults to the latest schema
Type: XMLPnPSchemaVersion
Parameter Sets: (All)
Accepted values: LATEST, V201503, V201505, V201508, V201512, V201605, V201705, V201801, V201805, V201807, V201903, V201909, V202002
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-TargetFolder
Target folder to provision to files to. If not specified, the current folder name will be used.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False