SSIS - Package configuratoin question

  • I have setup few packages with package configurations. Some are not without configuration. Can i find which packages are using configurtions and which are not?

    Configuration variable values are stored in sql table.

  • You'll need to open each package and look at the configuration properties.

    Or learn how to parse the XML behind the SSIS packages for a certain value.

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  • The Configuration Table can't be used for detection because Configurations can be re-used between packages. You can't rely on it.

    There's really no way around it, you have to either get the XML for all the packages, or load them up in VS/BIDS, and look.


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  • An alternative is to run all the packages and use SQL profiler to monitor which packages make connection to the configuration table.

    You know, why keep things simple? 😀

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  • Rename the configuration table and see which packages fail when executed! 😉

  • Lempster (6/19/2014)


    Rename the configuration table and see which packages fail when executed! 😉

    I like the way you think, but this doesn't necessarily lead to failures.

    If a package configuration fails, the package throws a warning but resumes with the defaults specified during design time.

    So it only fails if you specified invalid connections at design time.

    Or you could monitor for the validation warnings.

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  • Reading the package XML is the workable solution. Starting to work on it.

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