pnp / pnp/powershell

[FEATURE] The output of Export-PnPPage should include Field values (`<pnp:FieldValues/>`)

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When using Export-PnPPage a nice PnP Template is generated with a <pnp:ClientSidePages></pnp:ClientSidePages> node.
The node includes the page Header and the Sections, but it does not include another interesting part of a page: its metadata. In our scenario we have pages with a lot of metadata, which is being used in an intranet to show these pages in several places. When exporting the page, I'd like these fields to be included as this makes it easy to apply these templates elsewhere without doing additional work.

Describe the solution you'd like
The <pnp:FieldValues></pnp:FieldValues> node is included in the exported page xml.

Describe alternatives you've considered
The workaround is injecting the values yourself, or updating the pages afterwards.

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Research direction

Start with the Export-PnPPage command and inspect how it generates the PnP template's ClientSidePages node. The change is complete when exported page XML includes a pnp:FieldValues node containing the page metadata values; verify the generated output against a page with metadata.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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