Converting wiki pages to modern pages with Pnp PowerShell creates pages with links to Previous_xxx.aspx

Question

I am using the PnP PowerShell script Convert-WikiAndWebPartPages.ps1 (with the switch 'Modern page takes source page name' set to true), from Transforming to modern site pages using PowerShell, to convert site pages to modern pages.

But I am running into an issue with the migrated wiki pages. The pages contain links to the other pages, but after the conversion the links in the modern pages are pointing to Previous_xxx.aspx.

So after the conversion to modern pages all links need to be fixed to the original source page name (and I would like to keep the page creation/modification info).

Which PnP PowerShell commands can I use to correct the links?

Answer 1

With the switch -TakeSourcePageName:$true I kept getting faulty links inside the migrated pages (pointing to Previous_xxx.aspx.), and I do not know how to correct that with PnP. This issue with -TakeSourcePageName:$true was very reproducible, even after I changed the locale.

So, as a workaround, I used -TakeSourcePageName:$false, which did not have the issue with faulty links, but created files named Migrated_*.aspx, which I did not want. I wrote the following script to rename them to their original names. (I do not need any backup of the old files, since I could just get new files with ShareGate from my old SharePoint on-prem site if I wanted to migrate them again).

This is the renaming script (which could probably be written as a one-liner..):

    $pages = Get-PnPListItem -List sitepages -PageSize 500 | Where {$_["FileLeafRef"] -like "Migrated_*.aspx"}
    Write-Host "Pages are fetched, let's start the renaming..." -ForegroundColor Green
    Foreach($page in $pages){
        $newpage = $page["FileLeafRef"] -replace ‘Migrated_’
        Rename-PnPFile -ServerRelativeUrl $page["FileRef"] -TargetFileName $newpage -OverwriteIfAlreadyExists -Force
    }

    Write-Host "Renaming done!" -ForegroundColor Green```

Answer 2

I can not reproduce your issue with this cmdlet ConvertTo-PnPClientSidePage.

My test result: