SSIS config file at runtime

Question

I want to execute an SSIS package as a child from another SSIS package. I have setup two configurations in the child package; one of them is a Parent Package Variable, and one is an XML Configuration File. In my parent package, I need to make use of both configurations at the same time.

This is probably a newbie question, but the SSIS step 'Execute Package Task' doesn't allow you to point to a dtsConfig file. I know the Parent Package Variable will work, but how do I get the child package to use the dtsConfig file in this scenario? What if I want a few dtsConfig files and I want to pick between them?

Answer 1

you dont have to point the execute package task to the config file. When you run "pkg Parent" it will read its config file as you specified on the delevopment. When it calls the "pkg child", the child will read the variable from the parent and then will read its own config file which yo ucan set the same way you did on the parent

Answer 2

You can't specify a configuration file with the Execute Package Task.

A possible solution would be to execute the package programatically and use the ImportConfigurationFile method on a package object to attach your XML configuration. You would execute this code in a Script Task.

Example code on executing a package programatically