Exporting Microsoft Syntex Models

Microsoft Syntex models can be exported as PnP templates, enabling reuse across Content Centers or tenants.

Export all models in a Content Center

To export all models in a Content Center into a single PnP template, use the following PnP PowerShell cmdlets:

Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/yourContentCenter"

Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out MyModels.pnp -Handlers SyntexModels

Export Specific Models

To export specific models from a Content Center into a PnP template, use the following PnP PowerShell cmdlets:

Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/yourContentCenter"

Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out MyModels.pnp -Configuration .\extract.json

The extract.json defines which models you want to export, allowing to specify model by name or id and optionally configuring to not extract training data

Example- Specify model by name

{
    "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/json-schemas/pnp/provisioning/202102/extract-configuration.schema.json",
    "persistAssetFiles": true,
    "handlers": [        
        "SyntexModels"
    ],
    "syntexModels": {
        "models": [
            {
                "name": "Sample - benefits change notice.classifier"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Example- Specify model by id

{
    "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/json-schemas/pnp/provisioning/202102/extract-configuration.schema.json",
    "persistAssetFiles": true,
    "handlers": [        
        "SyntexModels"
    ],
    "syntexModels": {
        "models": [
            {
                "id": 3,
                "excludeTrainingData": true
            }
        ]
    }
}

If you do not include the property "includeTrainingData", the default behavior is to include.

NOTE: training data is required for a model to be editable when imported to a destination Content Center

Export all models in a Content Center - individually as separate PnP templates

To export all models in a Content Center into individual PnP templates then use the following PnP PowerShell script.

Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/yourContentCenter"

$ExportPath = "C:\Syntex\ModelBackups"

$items = Get-PnPListItem -List 'Models'
foreach($item in $items)
{

    if($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName -ne $null)
    {
        Write-Output "Creating JSON Import File $ExportPath\$($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName).json"


$jsonRepresentation = @"
{
    "`$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/json-schemas/pnp/provisioning/202102/extract-configuration.schema.json",
    "persistAssetFiles": true,
    "handlers": [
        "SyntexModels"
    ],
    "syntexModels": {
        "models": [
            {
                "name": "$($item.FieldValues.FileLeafRef)"
            }
        ]
    }
}
"@

        $jsonRepresentation.Trim() | Out-File "$ExportPath\$($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName).json"

        Write-Output "Extracting Model $($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName) to $($ExportPath)\$($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName).pnp"

        Get-PnPSiteTemplate -Out "$ExportPath\$($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName).pnp" -Configuration "$ExportPath\$($item.FieldValues.ModelMappedClassifierName).json"

        Write-Output "-----------------------------------"

    }

}

This script will create the necessary JSON files for each model and then export each model as a separate .pnp file.