What is the Main Purpose of Sequence Container? Can you tell me one scenario?

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  • Sequence Container is used to Group the tasks together. The tasks in the container will finish before the container sends a message down the precedence constraint to the next task.

  • For an instance of WHEN to use it, an example would be conditional flowing. By enabling/disabling different containers, you can have your script task perform an If/Then structure that merely enables/disables one object instead of worrying about all the different smaller pieces inclusive of it. Helps for maintainability.


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  • Hi Indher,

    Sequence Container :

    1. Lets you organize subordinate tasks by grouping them together(as Jeevan said),

    2. Lets you apply transactions at the container level, and

    3. Lets you apply logging at the container level.

  • As the others have said, they can really help with organisation and maintainability. I find them a real asset in holding a group of related tasks together that would otherwise take up a lot of screen space. Collapse the Sequence Container and you can see the big picture... expand it and you can see all of the detail within it.

    I like them a lot, and one side benefit I've found is that by using them I can explain to non-SSIS literate IT staff (and even some key end-users) the "flow" of a package without them being swamped by too much detail.

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