SharePoint GetMigrationJobProgress API

2025-07-16

After submitting a migration job—whether an import job or an Asynchronous Metadata Read (AMR) job—you can use the GetMigrationJobProgress API to track its progress. The API is available via both SDK and REST interfaces.

It returns a sequence of job status events, including: JobQueued, JobStart, JobProgress, JobError, and JobEnd.

Permissions

Use application-based authentication when submitting a migration job. Ensure the application is granted the Sites.Read.All permission or higher.

GetMigrationJobProgress Method (SDK)

Syntax

public ClientResult Site.GetMigrationJobProgress(
  Guid jobId, 
  String nextToken
)

Method Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
jobId	Guid	Yes	Unique identifier of the migration job
nextToken	String	Yes	Token for paging position. Use "0" for initial request

For a completed job, requests using nextToken are idempotent—repeating the same request will consistently return the same result.

Return Values

Name	Type	Description
Logs	IList	Returns a collection of job status events when new progress is available, or an empty collection if there are no updates.
NextToken	String	Returns an updated string value when new progress is available, or the same value as the nextToken parameter if there are no updates.

Method Usage Example

ClientResult result = context.Site.GetMigrationJobProgress(jobId, nextToken ?? "0");
context.ExecuteQuery();
IList logs = result.Value.Logs;
string newNextToken = result.Value.NextToken;

GetMigrationJobProgress REST API

HTTP Request

GET https://{site_url}/_api/site/GetMigrationJobProgress(jobId='{jobId}',nextToken=0)

URI Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
jobId	Guid	Yes	Unique identifier of the migration job
nextToken	String	Yes	Token for paging position. Use "0" for initial request

Request Headers

Header	Required
Authorization: Bearer {token}	Yes
Accept: application/json;odata=verbose	Yes

Response

A JSON object when the HTTP status code is 200.

An empty JSON object when the HTTP status code is other than 200.

Error Handling

Status Code	Meaning	Action
403	Unauthorized	Ensure the app/user has at least Sites.Read.All permissions.
429	Too Many Requests	Parse Retry-After header and retry after the specified delay.
500	Internal Server Error	Parse error responses to identify internal errors. Do Not Retry.
503	Service Unavailable	Parse Retry-After header and retry after the specified delay.

Internal Error Code	Meaning
-2147213145	Job not found
-2147213146	Job status expired (valid for less than 5 days)

API Usage Example

Request Sample

GET https://contoso.sharepoint.com/_api/site/GetMigrationJobProgress(jobId=' 3e280efa-78a3-4ba1-bac6-e447aa538ca5', nextToken=0)

Successful Response Sample

Status code: 200 Response body:

{
  "d": {
    "GetMigrationJobProgress": {
      "Logs": {
        "__metadata": {
          "type": "Collection(Edm.String)"
        },
        "results": [
          "{\"MigrationType\":\"None\",\"MigrationDirection\":\"Import\",\"SiteId\":\"48f1898f-77d9-4a1b-bddc-1f49bb6dc134\",\"DbId\":\"de6b85cd-726e-4b13-ae04-629798fddbf3\",\"TotalRetryCount\":\"0\",\"JobId\":\"3e280efa-78a3-4ba1-bac6-e447aa538ca5\",\"Time\":\"05/20/2025 09:18:48.132\",\"CorrelationId\":\"91884a0c-5ee8-4e1f-a23f-e4f7ec170182\",\"Event\":\"JobQueued\"}",
          "{\"MigrationType\":\"None\",\"MigrationDirection\":\"Import\",\"SiteId\":\"48f1898f-77d9-4a1b-bddc-1f49bb6dc134\",\"WebId\":\"7206fc09-e4af-48b3-8730-ed7321396d7a\",\"DbId\":\"de6b85cd-726e-4b13-ae04-629798fddbf3\",\"FarmId\":\"f77d7b6c-ef43-4609-8fce-0e93142ce8a0\",\"ServerId\":\"44af885c-393b-4236-9417-bae7a9edc44e\",\"SubscriptionId\":\"82abb045-250e-4186-ba83-b9295930f272\",\"TotalRetryCount\":\"0\",\"JobId\":\"3e280efa-78a3-4ba1-bac6-e447aa538ca5\",\"Time\":\"05/20/2025 09:20:51.129\",\"CorrelationId\":\"7d3e7a8e-4445-4ce0-adb1-078e78cbf686\",\"Event\":\"JobStart\"}",
          "{\"MigrationType\":\"None\",\"MigrationDirection\":\"Import\",\"TotalRetryCount\":\"0\",\"ObjectType\":\"ListItem\",\"Url\":\"\",\"Id\":\"cb471d5f-593f-4a63-b59e-8eae3e35b08a\",\"SourceListItemIntId\":\"3\",\"TargetListItemIntId\":\"3\",\"ErrorCode\":\"-2147286782\",\"ErrorType\":\"Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException\",\"Message\":\"Attempted to use an object that has ceased to exist. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80030102 (STG_E_REVERTED)) \",\"JobId\":\"3e280efa-78a3-4ba1-bac6-e447aa538ca5\",\"Time\":\"05/20/2025 09:20:55.490\",\"CorrelationId\":\"7d3e7a8e-4445-4ce0-adb1-078e78cbf686\",\"Event\":\"JobError\"}",
          "{\"MigrationType\":\"None\",\"MigrationDirection\":\"Import\",\"TotalRetryCount\":\"0\",\"FilesCreated\":\"0\",\"BytesProcessed\":\"0\",\"ObjectsProcessed\":\"4\",\"TotalExpectedSPObjects\":\"15\",\"TotalErrors\":\"3\",\"TotalWarnings\":\"0\",\"WaitTimeOnSqlThrottlingMilliseconds\":\"0\",\"TotalDurationInMs\":\"0\",\"CpuDurationInMs\":\"0\",\"SqlDurationInMs\":\"0\",\"SqlQueryCount\":\"0\",\"IsShallowCopy\":\"False\",\"CreatedOrUpdatedFileStatsBySize\":\"{}\",\"ObjectsStatsByType\":\"{\\\"SPUser\\\":{\\\"Count\\\":1,\\\"TotalTime\\\":124,\\\"AccumulatedVersions\\\":0,\\\"ObjectsWithVersions\\\":0},\\\"SPFolder\\\":{\\\"Count\\\":1,\\\"TotalTime\\\":153,\\\"AccumulatedVersions\\\":0,\\\"ObjectsWithVersions\\\":0},\\\"SPDocumentLibrary\\\":{\\\"Count\\\":1,\\\"TotalTime\\\":404,\\\"AccumulatedVersions\\\":0,\\\"ObjectsWithVersions\\\":0},\\\"SPFile\\\":{\\\"Count\\\":1,\\\"TotalTime\\\":0,\\\"AccumulatedVersions\\\":0,\\\"ObjectsWithVersions\\\":0},\\\"SPListItem\\\":{\\\"Count\\\":1,\\\"TotalTime\\\":1880,\\\"AccumulatedVersions\\\":0,\\\"ObjectsWithVersions\\\":0}}\",\"TotalExpectedBytes\":\"0\",\"FilesCreatedIrrespectiveOfVersions\":\"0\",\"BytesProcessedOnlyCurrentVersion\":\"0\",\"JobId\":\"3e280efa-78a3-4ba1-bac6-e447aa538ca5\",\"Time\":\"05/20/2025 09:20:57.380\",\"CorrelationId\":\"7d3e7a8e-4445-4ce0-adb1-078e78cbf686\",\"Event\":\"JobEnd\"}"
        ]
      },
      "NextToken": "1764",
      "__metadata": {
        "type": "SP.MigrationJobProgress"
      }
    }
  }
}

Error Response Sample

Status code: 500 Response body:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "-2147213145, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException",
    "innererror": {
      "message": "Job not found",
      "stacktrace": "STACK_TRACE"
    },
    "message": {
      "lang": "en-US",
      "value": "Job not found"
    }
  }
}

Best Practice

Begin with nextToken=0, store the returned token, and poll at certain intervals. This method is well-suited for long-running jobs and helps ensure no updates are missed.

Since migration jobs typically take several minutes or more, polling every minute is advised, while adhering to the guideline to avoid throttling.

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