I want to open a ".dtsx" file as a raw file or an xml file (doesn't matter which). Is this possible in SSIS? Not from what I can tell, but I wanted to see if someone else has run into this before.
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My ultimate goal is not to view the xml, but to import the xml in all the packages as text data and search the xml that way. I have about 200-300 packages to search.
To view the XML of your package right click the package and select View Code from within SSDT. This will open the XML for it.
I would take copies of all the packages you want to search and put them in their own folder. Create a Foreach File Loop container, point it to your folder, and give it *.dtsx as the file wildcard. Make sure you set a variable to capture the fully qualified path to the file.
Inside the Foreach Loop, use your path variable as the connection string to a Flat File Connection. Configure the Flat File Connection with Ragged Right as the Format and with Tab as the row delimiter. You should get a single row with a single column. In the Advanced tab of the Flat File Connection Manager, set the DataType to Unicode text stream.
You now have the raw text as an NTEXT field. If you import this into an NVARCHAR(MAX) field in a db table, you'll be able to use SQL's xml processing, which I believe is what you're trying to achieve.
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I have an SSIS package that creates a text flat file from data in a database table. Everything works perfect except that I need to capture the dynamic filename for use in another process. I've searched everywhere but haven't found anything close to what I need other than using a ForEach Loop to loop through the directory the file will be stored in. I can't do that because there's too many things that could go wrong. I'm currently creating the dynamic filename through variables and it contains a datetime stamp.
Is there a way that I can capture the file name when the file is created in the data flow task so I can use it in another process within the control flow task?
Thank you in advance!
John
I have to create a job which imports data from .csv file into database table everyday. I have created the job and it works fine as long as the filename is same.
The file that comes in everyday has a different name, so i am trying to set up dynamic flat file connection. As i have only one file to load everyday i am not trying to use For Each Loop Container and also, i am not good at script task.
I was trying to see if there is any other way to achieve this using SSIS.
I have created a variable for my path "C:\Daily Files\" as #[User::MyFilePath]. I am then using this variable in the ConnectionString Expression property of the Flat File Connection Manager.
But it does not work. I get an error saying the Cannot open the datafile.
Can someone tell me what am i missing here?
If you need to create a connection manager to a file that changes name everyday, you will have to write some kind of expression to do so. On the other hand, the easier way out is to use the For Each Loop container as it does not care what the name of the file is as long as you give it *.csv in the qualifying field.
I have a package that looks for new files and parses them into their respective tables. Since the filenames include a date, I have to search for a specific string that identifies the file instead of using a static filename. Everything works, except for that using this dynamic method of finding the file seems to be adding a ton of XML formatting to the file, which is then being inserted as records into the database. When I point the flat file connection manager at file directly using it's name, this problem does not happen. Any ideas?
At present I have source XML file, from which I am truncating some values using XSLT file. For this I am using “XML task” in control flow.
Then after getting the resultant file manually I am submitting the resultant XML file to XML source and then loading the data into an SQL table.
If there a better approach to do the same in one go ?
Novice to SSIS. So if possible could someone give example or link to any example to accomplish this
The SSIS Package can contain both control flow as well as one or more data flows. you need to include your both XML Task and Data Flow Task (having XML Source for loading data to sql table). Connect these executable and task in control flow using precedence constraints . This SSIS Package will be automated.
Saving Result from XML Task to file or variable.
In XML Task Editor,
Set SaveOperationResult to True
Set OperationResult\DestinationType either to File Connection or
Variable
Define New Variable or File Connection from Destination property or
select existing one.
In XML Source Editor, select "XML data from Variable" or "XML File Connection" and then specify details in the XML location accordingly.
I am trying to import multiple tab delimited files into a sql server table using a SSIS package. I set the flat file source and created a flat file connection manager but I was told I will need to create multiple flat file sources for this. This cannot be true right?
Is there not someway I can use a loop and the source folder directory location?
So long as the files are all the same structure, you'd use a for-each loop, of type file. Point it at the folder with the files in, and assign a variable to the file+path. Then use that variable as an expression on the flat file connection manager.
Here is a link that shows how to do this: http://www.sqlis.com/sqlis/post/Looping-over-files-with-the-Foreach-Loop.aspx
I like the layout and the graphical indicators used on that page.