SharePoint Online - Get Sites

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Overview

You can use this Snap to retrieve specific metadata information of a specific site and retrieve the sub-sites of the selected site.

Snap Type

SharePoint Online - Get Sites is a Read-type Snap that enables you to get the list of sites specific to the logged-in user from the SharePoint Online site.

Prerequisites

  • Valid SharePoint Online tenant and associated site.

  • Valid application in Azure portal with all the required API permissions.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines. However, we recommend that you not use this Snap in an Ultra Pipeline.

Limitations and Known Issues

None.

Snap Views

View Type

View Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

View Type

View Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input 

Document

  • Min: 0

  • Max: 1

  • Mapper

  • CSV Parser

A document containing the metadata information that needs to get the document library metadata.

Output

Document

  • Min: 1

  • Max: 1

  • Copy

  • JSON Parser

A document containing the metadata of the document library or a complete list of document libraries in the mentioned site.

Error

Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter when running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab:

  • Stop Pipeline Execution: Stops the current Pipeline execution when the Snap encounters an error.

  • Discard Error Data and Continue: Ignores the error, discards that record, and continues with the remaining records.

  • Route Error Data to Error View: Routes the error data to an error view without stopping the Snap execution.

Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines.

Snap Settings

  • Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.

  • Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.

  • Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.

  • Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.

  • Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.

Field Name

Field Type

Field Dependency

Description

Field Name

Field Type

Field Dependency

Description

Label*

 

Default ValueSharePoint Online - Get Sites
ExampleSharePoint Online - Get Sites

String

N/A

Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline.

Site*

 

Default Value: N/A
ExampleMySite

String/Expression

Displays Enumerate subsites checkbox.

Specify the name of a site which contains the list of document library to be used in the subsequent Snap settings.

Enumerate subsites

 

Default ValueDeselected

Checkbox

Appears when you specify or select a value in the Site field.

Select this checkbox to get a collection of subsites available for a site.

Search Query*

 

Default Value*
Examplemicro*dev AND (performance OR process) NOT sales

String/Expression

Appears when you select the Enumerate subsites checkbox.

Specify keywords that match with one or more site names, as needed. The Snap searches and returns matching sites.

This field is hidden if you select a specific site to retrieve the metadata information.

Top

 

Default Value200
Example500

Integer/Expression

Appears when you select the Enumerate subsites checkbox.

Specify the number of records to be read from the matched search results.

Auto Pagination

 

Default Value: Deselected

Checkbox

N/A

Select this checkbox to retrieve all matching site names as a paginated list.

If you select the Auto Pagination checkbox, the Top field is hidden.

Connection details

Use this field set to specify connection properties to the SharePoint Online APIs. 

 

 

Connection timeout*

 

Default Value30
Example40

Integer

N/A

Specify the connection timeout duration in seconds.

Number of retries*

 

Default Value0
Example5

Integer

N/A

Specify the maximum number of reconnections in case of a connection failure or timeout.

Retry interval (seconds)*

 

Default Value1
Example11

Integer

N/A

Specify the time interval in seconds between connection attempts.

Snap Execution

 

Default ValueValidate & Execute
ExampleExecute only

Dropdown list

N/A

Specify the required Pipeline execution type:

  • Validate & Execute. Performs limited execution of the Snap (up to 50 records) during Pipeline validation; performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline execution.

  • Execute only. Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution; does not execute the Snap during Pipeline validation.

  • Disabled. Disables the Snap and, by extension, its downstream Snaps.

Troubleshooting

Error

Reason

Resolution

Error

Reason

Resolution

Site name {siteName} is not found in the tenant.

The site name that you have entered is not available in the tenant.

Click the Suggestion icon and select the site or enter a valid site name manually.

Forbidden exception.

Either the user or the app does not have sufficient permissions to read the metadata for the document library.

Ensure that you provide both user-level and app-level permissions required to access the metadata.

Example

Retrieving Sites List

This example demonstrates how to retrieve the list of sites of a user who is authenticated while creating the account. This example assumes that you have configured and authorized a valid account for the SharePoint Online - Get Sites Snap. For more information about configuring account, see SharePoint Online Account.

First, we configure the SharePoint Online - Get Sites Snap as follows to get the list of sites. We leave the default values as is.

After successfully validating the Pipeline, the Snap gets all the sites from SharePoint Online and displays the first 200 matching sites in the page.

Next, we connect the JSON Formatter Snap to format the output into a JSON file, and finally write the file to the database using the File Writer Snap.

Download this Pipeline

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File Example_Sharepoint_Online_Get_Sites.slp

Nov 30, 2021 by Kalpana Malladi

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