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I am trying to save a site as a template. During this process it throws an error "Error exporting the site field named "Parent Level".

Am I doing anything wrong?

Kind Regards, Sepaka

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Is Parent Level a lookup field? and it's a custom field or not? – Kai Jan 16 '12 at 12:52
I don't have any idea Kai. This has never happened before. I dont have a list or library with such name. – Sepaka Jan 16 '12 at 13:01
As message says this is a field, not a list. We had exactly the same error when in our lookup field definition was missing Overwrite="TRUE" attribute. – Kai Jan 16 '12 at 13:14
I get the exact same error, like this: [SPException: Error exporting the site field named "Category".]. It happens on any SPWeb (site) under the current SPSite. I have located 11 lists with either a InternalName or DisplayName set as Category . All lists can be used normally and saved as list templates themselves. Most of the fields are Choice, and three are TaxonomyFieldType. – eirikb Aug 14 '12 at 7:45
Is this a publishing site? – rjcup3 Sep 23 '12 at 6:08

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Thank you very much for the "Overwrite=True" hint, which solved a problem I have spent 10 hours solve.

I have a SharePoint Sandboxed Solution which creates a SP Schema in a Subsite with a number og Lookup columns and this works fine when saving as a SP Template. Now I am converting it to a Farm solution and I get this "Error exporting the site field named xxxx" awfull error....

Perfect! Michael

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Ideally, this should be a comment linking to a new question on the original question. It would help segregate the questions, for better searching and allow users to get the benefit of answering questions with correct answers. – Hugh Wood Nov 23 '12 at 13:19

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