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SSIS: fso.CopyFile after Excel Data Flow copies the file without the data

Asked by: jimhorn

Hi All

Question:  How to you tell SSIS to save an Excel file after a data pump?

I have an SSIS package with these tasks:
  (1)  Data flow, SQL 2005 SP to Excel destination.  No problems here.
  (2)  Script task that parses the output file path to add a _YYYYMMDD.xls extension.  No problems here.
  (3)  File System Task that renames file generated in (1) to variable string created in (2)

The (3) copy file works, but it copies the file without the data pumped into it.  
Apparently as part of (1) I have to tell SSIS to save the file.

Thanks in advance.
Jim

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by: stelth240Posted on 2009-06-19 at 18:48:59ID: 24671427

The Excel file should "automatically be saved" when the Excel Destination component succeeds.  I put quotes around that because it doesn't actually save it, it's exported to Excel continually until the pipeline is finished.

I was thinking maybe the source of the File System Task isn't pointing to the correct source Excel file, but I was thinking you probably made sure it is.  Is the File System Task source coming from a variable or from a connection manager?  I'm thinking somehow the files aren't exactly what they're supposed to be so it's maybe creating a blank Excel file as opposed to the one that would contain the data.

I did a test with Excel to make sure it does work, and the File System Task did copy the xls file with all the data.

Let me know what your setup is (the FIle System Task properties and the variables/connections involved).

 

by: jimhornPosted on 2009-07-07 at 10:20:24ID: 24796194

>The Excel file should "automatically be saved" when the Excel Destination component succeeds
I agree.

>Is the File System Task source coming from a variable or from a connection manager?
I couldn't do the fso task with the connection, as for some reason when Source Connection / IsSourcePathVariable=False, the SourceConnection combo box only displays <New connection...> and not my four predefined Excel connections.  No idea why.

My way around this was to have a script task up front that dumps the path into various variables, so my fso tasks can use the path in the variable values.

>I'm thinking somehow the files aren't exactly what they're supposed to be so it's maybe creating a blank Excel file
Not happening.  My .xls has two tabs, Info and Data.  Info is some developer love notes, and data is the recordset.
On all copied files, the Info tab is an exact copy, the Data tab column headers in row 1 are there, just not the data in row 2 downwards.

 

by: jimhornPosted on 2009-07-07 at 12:36:54ID: 24797596

Figured it out...

Package property MaxConcurrentExecutables has a default setting of -1, which means it can use the number of the pc's processors + 2 tasks to be executed in parallel.  This apparently supercedes the actual stating of task execution as success/completion/failure.

Changed the value from -1 to 1, reran, worked.

Thanks for the troubleshooting help.
Jim

 

by: jimhornPosted on 2009-07-07 at 12:37:24ID: 31594372

Points awarded for troubleshooting assistance

 

by: stelth240Posted on 2009-07-07 at 17:30:28ID: 24799722

I'm glad you were able to figure out the answer, though I've never heard of that property causing any issues like that.  I would assume the tasks would execute in line and not continue on until all pieces succeeded.  Either way, it solved the problem so that's good.  Also, the File System Task uses File Connection managers so an Excel source or destination won't work with that.  You could though create a File Connection Manager and set the file to the Excel file path and name.  Then you can use that connection manager in the program.  I personally like using variables because you don't have to worry about creating connection managers for it.  It also allows you to work on numerous files by setting the variable before-hand.

 

by: jimhornPosted on 2009-07-08 at 07:17:40ID: 24804013

> I would assume the tasks would execute in line and not continue on until all pieces succeeded.
That was my assumption too, which explains why I spun my wheels for so long time figuring it out.
I also tried to change success precedence constraints to completion, no dice.

We have packages with similar functionality in 2000 DTS converted up to 2005 now, and no issues.

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