SSIS Connection not found in package

Question

I\'m kind of new to SSIS programming, and I\'m having some problems deploying an SSIS package.

This package runs correctly on my PC, does everything it needs to do ..

Answer 1

Package works fine on Friday, check in to TFS and go home. Open it on Monday, getting errors everywhere. "connection manager variable $project._connectionstring was not found in the variables collection".

I rtclick-edit the connection and test connectivity, works no prob;em. The ConnMnger is in the Connection Managers list in the solution. When open the TARGET object connected to this connection manager, and click on MAPPINGS, the error above pops up. There is no reference to connection manager variables anywhere in the mapping.

Turns out, to correct this you must right click on the connection manager in the Connection Manager window and choose PARAMETERIZE. Fill in the options as necessar -

PROPERTY: ConnectionString Use Exisgint Parameter: $Project::ConnMgrName_ConnectionString OR Create New PArameter: follow the options

Once this connection manager is parameterized, everything works. Even though the Conn Manger existed in the Conn Manger tab, the Conn Mgr is already listed in the Solution Explorer AND worked no problem 2 days prior.

Odd. Whatever. Microsoft being Microsoft. SQL Server being SQL Server. Choose your poison.

Hope this helps the next person save some time.