How to make copies of default lists and libraries

Question

We are trying to copy the default Pages and Documents to another SharePoint subsite. In SharePoint online there is no option to make a template of these. In SharePoint Designer, we were able to make a template of the default Pages list, but it did not show up when creating a new App.

Answer 1

You can save the library/list as a template then create instances from sub-site:

• How to create and save a SharePoint document library template

Turn to classical UI then add an app, you will be able to find the corresponding templates.

Answer 2

You can use Export-PnPListToProvisioningTemplate and then apply the contents using Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate.

You can do this in an automated fashion by creating an Azure Automation runbook and calling that from a Power Automate Flow using an HTTP action.