I want to use the SSIS Package Configuration to change the path of several flat file destinations, but only the path, not the filename. Basically I have alot of flat files going to the same directory, but each has it's own name. Unfortunately the property on the flat file object includes both the filename and directory as one string. I would like to set it up so it is easy to change the directory for all of these, but where they still have their own unique filename.
Any ideas? Can this be done somehow with expressions?
Yes, can be done with Expressions.
Define a package variable for Path
Define an expression for ConnectionString with #[User:Path] + "\filename"
Use a package config to define the variable (or on command line)
I don't have SSIS on this PC so no screenies, sorry. Check this and this though
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I have set up part of my ssis package to check a folder and move the csv file to another folder using a file system task.
Is it possible to rename a file without knowing what the source name will be? as I have been told it will be a new name on a daily bases. can I use a wildcard in a file system task? would I be best renaming before moving what is best practise?
For an unknown file name you can wrap your file system task in a foreach loop
wrap your file system task in a foreach loop and set to file enumerate
set the folder to your source location
set search string to *.csv
set to full file path
map to a variable called fname
use fname as variable in file system task for source
Make sure you delay validation on connection manager
My SSIS Package takes gpg file rather then text file i have puts file "*.txt" file in Files. any help will be appreciated.
This is expected, documented behavior. From MSDN:
Use wildcard characters (*) to specify the files to include in the
collection. For example, to include files with names that contain
“abc”, use the following filter: *abc*.
When you specify a file name extension, the enumerator also returns
files that have the same extension with additional characters
appended. (This is the same behavior as that of the dir command in the
operating system, which also compares 8.3 file names for backward
compatibility.) This behavior of the enumerator could cause unexpected
results. For example, you want to enumerate only Excel 2003 files, and
you specify "*.xls". However, the enumerator will also return Excel
2007 files because those files have the extension, ".xlsx".
You can use an expression to specify the files to include in a
collection, by expanding Expressions on the Collection page, selecting
the FileSpec property, and then clicking the ellipsis button (…) to
add the property expression. For more information about dynamically
selecting specified files, see SSIS–Dynamically set File Mask :
FileSpec
Try using *txt instead of *.txt so it doesn't treat "txt" as an extension and include files that end in ".txt.gpg"
I am trying to use CSV Data Set Config to get some data from csv file to be used in jmeter script but i don't want to hardcode the file path as it will be changing according to the test environment. Is there a way i can pick this path from System properties i.e some export set in my bashrc file.
Export in my bashrc :
export NIMBUS4_PERFORMANCE_TEST_REPO=/Users/rahul/Documents/verecloud/performancetest/data/user.csv
I would suggest the following workaround:
Change "Filename" setting of the CSV Data Set Config to following:
${__BeanShell(System.getenv().get("NIMBUS4_PERFORMANCE_TEST_REPO"))}
Where:
System.getenv() - method which provides access to underlying operating system environment variables
__Beanshell() - JMeter built-in function which allows executing of arbitrary Beanshell code
you could create a softlink at some static path. For example,
say we have created a soft link to /user/data/csvs folder.
You are in say ~/Documents , there run below
ln -s /user/data/csvs
Now we can access it in the jmeter and you will also have the flexibility to modify the softlink to point to some other location too.
Only constraint i see is the pointed directory name shouldn't change.
Hope this will help!!!
You can have just users.csv if the file is in the same folder as the .jmx itself;
You can have ${location}\users.csv
And in your UserDefinedVariables you'll have
and in non-gui mode you'll refer as
%RUNNER_HOME%\Test.jmx -Jloc=%RUNNER_HOME%\users.csv -Jusers=100 -Jloop=1 -Jrampup=5
I am working in BIDS (SSIS 2008). I have a flat file connection to a pip-delimited file with a .pip extension. The file name can change significantly. However, it will always have the word 'stuff' in the file name. For example, a valid file name is 123_x_stuff_456.pip. How can I set up a dynamic connection for this dynamic file name?
So far, I have created a variable to hold the UNC path of the file (e.g., \drive1\folder1). My next step (I think) is to create an expression in the flat file connection manager to concatenate the file name to the UNC path variable. The problem I am running into is that I can't specify wildcards for the text before and after the token that I'm search for in the filename. For example, in SSMS, I would concatenate the UNC path variable to something like '%stuff%. For all tutorials that I've seen on this, they always follow a prescribed file name format, whereas, in my situation, the format will always be different (other than the token that it will always contain). How do I go about this?
I created a simple SSIS package to import a flat file (.txt) into a database table. Tested that and it works perfectly. Since I have several files to import, I added a foreach loop to go through all the files, added the variables as recommended in several examples found on the net but now my flat file connection manager returns an error of "A valid file name must be selected." and the package will not run. I have so far been unsuccessful in finding the solution for this issue and would appreciate any suggestions by the SSIS gurus of this forum. Many thanks in advance!
Here is what I have in the way of variables:
SourceFileFolder which is the path to the folder that contains the files
FileName a string containing one of the names of the files I am seeking to import
SourceFilePath which is an expression driven variable that incorporates the previous two variables concatenated together. I can click "Evaluate Expression" and copy and paste it into windows explorer and open the file
ArchivePath which is an expression driven variable that creates the path to archive the file to once it is processed.
As the message says this is related to your connection manager not gathering the connection string. This can be handled using the following:
First of all clear the expression on the SourceFilePath variable.
With your Foreach Loop Container, set it up as follows:
This will use your variable SourceFileFolder as the Folder, you could also just hardcode the folder name C:\ for instance. Also make sure your folder is qualified correctly, I.E. make sure it finishes with a slash C: won't work but C:\ will work.
Next you need to map the fully qualified name to your other variable SourceFilePath
This should now store the full name of the file the loop has found into the SourceFilePath variable. For Instance C:\File.txt, you can now use this as a connection string expression on your file connection manager.
Under the properties of the connection manager make sure the expression is set to ConnectionString and then use the SourceFileName variable.
ALSO MAKE SURE DELAY VALIDATION IS SET TO TRUE
This hopefully should mean you can loop through the files.