Open/View SSIS Packages

  • When I go into SSIS and look under the MSDB folder I can see the name of my package P1 but I want open it so I can make some modification to it. I know I can't open it I have to find where the .dtsx is stored on the server. But if I'm not mistaken it's not stored on the server (only if it was created as a file) correct, it's in the msdb database. The serve which the packages is running on doesn't have Visual Studio. My personal desktop does have VS, how can I view the package P1 ??

  • Hi kd11,

    You can import the package from the server to a file using the dtutil utility.

    Example1:

    dtutil /SQL srcPackage /COPY FILE;c:\myTestPackages\mynewpackage.dtsx

    Of course you can run this command direct from the command shell or using the Management Studio or other SQL client.

    Example2:

    EXEC [master].[sys].[xp_cmdshell] 'dtutil /Quiet /COPY SQL;"CreateLists" /SQL "CreateLists"

    Here you can find the official documentation: dtutil Utility

    and here an interesting article: Using dtutil to copy SSIS packages stored in SQL Server

    Hope that helps.

    Kind Regards,

    Paul Hernández

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