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Little colored triangles on 2008 SSIS tool items - what do they mean?

  • July 25, 2012 at 9:44 am

    #264263

    Sorry if this is a basic question but I can not even create a search string that gets me close to an answer so I am coming here.

    What I am talking about is the little "pink" or "blue" triangles of color that appear on the tool items or connection manager items. Can someone direct me to a page that explains what the colors mean?

    Thanks.

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  • July 25, 2012 at 10:54 am

    #1517518

    Tobar (7/25/2012)

    Sorry if this is a basic question but I can not even create a search string that gets me close to an answer so I am coming here.

    What I am talking about is the little "pink" or "blue" triangles of color that appear on the tool items or connection manager items. Can someone direct me to a page that explains what the colors mean?

    Thanks.

    I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Can you give a mapping as to where you see this; i.e. Tools->Options...->

    Get me?

    Jared
    CE - Microsoft

  • July 25, 2012 at 11:20 am

    #1517530

    Trying to insert pictures but afraid it will fail.

    It is not under any menu item it is right in the "control flow" and "connection Managers" windows of SSMS

    Any ideas how to insert locally stored jpg?

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  • July 25, 2012 at 11:24 am

    #1517534

    What version of SSMS are you on? I don't have either of those windows...

    Jared
    CE - Microsoft

  • July 25, 2012 at 11:28 am

    #1517537

    Pardon me. Visual Studio not Management Studio.

    Sorry for the confusion.

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  • July 25, 2012 at 11:30 am

    #1517539

    So, you are talking about the arrows that show the direction of the connection?

    Jared
    CE - Microsoft

  • July 25, 2012 at 11:34 am

    #1517542

    Not sure why you can't attach the file. either use the IFCode shorcut for img or just click on the "edit attachments" button on the lower right of your reply.

    Jared
    CE - Microsoft

  • July 25, 2012 at 11:41 am

    #1517543

    Hang on. Sorry for the "Wild Goose Chase". They are being put on by the "Bids Helper" add-on.

    An expression is indicated with a magenta triangle, a package configuration is indicated with an aqua triangle, and if both an expression and a package configuration are in effect on the same object, a multi-color triangle is used as the indicator

    Thanks for the help.

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  • July 25, 2012 at 11:48 am

    #1517546

    SQLKnowItAll (7/25/2012)

    Not sure why you can't attach the file. either use the IFCode shorcut for img or just click on the "edit attachments" button on the lower right of your reply.

    Not sure what the IFCode shortcut is and when I tried to "insert an image" it asks for a URL. It is a local file and I tried FILE://, but that did not work.

    or, of course, there was user error:w00t:

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  • May 10, 2017 at 9:43 am

    #1942039

    It's a add on tool for SSIS. BIDSHelper. It highlights pink if that particular connection manager or variable has an expression.

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