Apply PnPTemplate fails when a view contains a customFormatter

[Safouenebha]

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Category

[X] Bug [ ] Enhancement

Environment

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

Expected or Desired Behavior

Apply the template and the view custom formatter

Observed Behavior

Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : Name cannot begin with the '=' character, hexadecimal value 0x3D

Steps to Reproduce

In source site:

• Any list
• format current view
• Add the following formatting (if the item has not been updated since more than a 30 days, it will be highlighted'

{
  "schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/view-formatting.schema.json",
  "additionalRowClass": "=if([$Modified] + 2505600000 <= @now, 'sp-field-severity--severeWarning', '')"
}

• Export the template (Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate)

Destination Site:

• Import the generate template.

Thanks

[ghost]

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[schneika]

Any Update on this Bug?

[nilang-shah]

I will appreciate an update on this issue! I am also having exact same issue!

[lordneeko]

Any updates? I just ran into this issue as well. My Format code is a lot different. It still says it is flagging the '=' sign though <![CDATA[ { "additionalRowClass": { "operator": ":", "operands": [ { "operator": "<=", "operands": [ { "operator": "Date()", "operands": [ { "operator": "toDateString()", "operands": [ { "operator": "Date()", "operands": [ "[$Modified]" ] } ] } ] }, { "operator": "Date()", "operands": [ { "operator": "toDateString()", "operands": [ { "operator": "-", "operands": [ "@now", 15552000000 ] } ] } ] } ] }, "sp-css-backgroundColor-warningBackground40 sp-css-color-red sp-field-borderAllRegular sp-field-borderAllSolid sp-css-borderLeftColor-neutralPrimary sp-css-borderRightColor-neutralPrimary sp-css-borderTopColor-neutralPrimary sp-css-borderBottomColor-neutralPrimary", "" ] } } ]]>

[novaktom]

I have the same issue. Based on my testing, the less or equal operator "<=" causes the problem, PnP somehow interprets it as the begining of the tag name. When changed to "==" it works. Any idea how to solve it?

[HamEv]

Same problem here :-( I just removed the custom formatter from my XML