Moving files using ssis

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SSIS - How to move files to difference folders according to the date part in file name. You can check here. A reader asked me in comments that if it is possible to move the files to folders according to the date part in the file name. We will be using For-each loop with Script Task to perform this task.

Let's start step by step. Fig 2: Sample Source files with Date. This is really very good I had a bit confusion on how we can set the expression to a variable, but later on when i went through the conversation i found out the solution. With respect to validation errors, you can set the DelayValidation property on your tasks to True. This will delay validation until the package is executed.

You can then have a script step to modify the variables based on a config file. This also speeds up package loading in the Designer. I am not able to open property pane of a variable to write expression by pressing F Soham, Try using the option in the menu. The property pane usually appears a the bottom left side of the screen.

Kai, the expression is clearly resolving a string that is not a valid path, double check the expression and its result by clicking evaluate expression. Thanks for posting this. One issue. The File System task uses the variable value instead of the expression and therefore is only allowed to go through the loop once and can't rename or remove anything past that package.

Any ideas on why the File System task wants to take the value over the expression? Works fine for my dataflow if I disable the File System Task. Hi - I want to move all the files in one folder to an archive folder. But with this example it looks for the same file. After it moves the first file it comes back and looks for the same file instead of the next file to be moved.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help. That's exactly what I was looking for You save me a lot of time ;-. This is a great post, I had to modify it, but make sure you change EvaluateAsExpression to True, or the variable filename will not be used, took me a few minutes to figure out why it keep using the default variable values. Thank you, Just what I needed. Justin, Thanks for pointing that out. I have updated the post to specify that you have to set EvaluateAsExpression property to true on the variables using expression.

This is a great example. I need help adjusting the SourcePath. Hi Rafael, Thanks for the post. I'm trying to insert about CSV Files into a table, and then archive each file after it has been processed.

Something seems to be happening with the file path values that are used when you change the type of File Name Retrieval you want to use. Any ideas on what to do?

Thanks, Ignacio. It's worth noting that counter intuitively this doesn't work when the Operation is set to "Move file" rather than "Rename File". Go figure? I felt hard to understand the regular Expressions in this article because I don't know their syntax I tired to find in google but I could not find Do you know any articles on the regular expressions? Nice Example..

Similar to the filesystem task, can we also dynamically pass file names to Flat File Connection? The actual requriement is to load multiple files in a directory to a database. The files names are dynamic appended with a date field.

Casper, Appending a subfolder to SourcePath could be possible by having the subfolder name in an additional variable, then you would modify the expression in FullSourcePathFileName variable to include the variable with the subfolder name.

Ignacio, I see your point, and it is totally valid. A flat file connection manager requires a full qualified file name path and file name. You have 2 options, either create a separate containers or have 2 packages; one to process the files and another to archive them. The other option is to use Fully qualified file name in the foreach container and tweak the expression in the File System task to remove the unwanted part path. The principle is the same, and is you do little of research you will find examples.

Make sure the ID running the job has proper permissions over the netwrok resources. However, on this last package, when I am renaming the file, for some reason it is adding the time stamp and extension several times, as though it is not resetting. Rafael, I used your procedure on my vm while waiting for the arrival of our new server and it worked great! However I've moved the package over to my production machine and cannot get it to work now.

I have remapped my SourcePath and ArchivePath to their new directories, and changed the Value in each variable to the correct path. Any suggestions? I have changed the value of the four variables that contain the source or archive path, but I still cannot get it to work. What am I overlooking? Thanks in advance for your response. Rafeal - great example. I was able to move and rename the files just as I wanted. Thanks a lot. Hi Rafael - great example.

I was able to move and rename the files in archive folder just as I wanted. Thank you very much. Rafael, Thank you for this example, worked great for me. Best regards, Z. Rafael - I keep getting a msg below [File System Task] Error: An error occurred with the following error message: "The path is not of a legal form. Worked like a charm. Thanks for adding the download too, made things a lot easier. Cheers, Kristy. Rafael - I get the same error message as Ken.

Anyway you can help? Nice article. Is it possible to copy or move a file from one folder to two diiferent folders. Meaning a file called Excel. I need to copy one excel file from a folder and paste it in two different folders. How this can be achieved? Hi Rafael, I am trying to process each file inside the for each loop container but I cant create a file connection and assign the porperty conection string equal to the FileName variable because it is not visible.

Thanks Sam. I've having the same issue as Sonya did. Can't figure out why it's duping the name. Thanks for the article. Thanks for the good example, it allowed me to move files from within a Foreach Loop Container. Hi Rafel Salas I have a ForEach Loop Container that perform a data task loads data from text file and a File System task that moves each file after its loaded to the table.

But now I have a requirement where I need to create a folder on the fly and then move all the text files to that folder the folder name should have a current date and time as well. Is there a link I can use for this purpose. Hey Rafael, I Like your Post that solved my problem and i learned something out of it as well. Thank You Very much. Hey Rafael, I like your post. It helped solve my problem and i learned out of it as well.

I've downloaded your sample file but it will not load. I get the following error: Error loading Move and Rename File 1 step. Line 1, Column 11". This happens when loading a package and the file cannot be opened or loaded correctly into XML document. Place the File System Task to move the processed file to the archive folder. Specify the properties as displayed below:. Connect all tasks and run the package. If everything is configured correctly, the files should load into the staging table and then move to the Archived folder.

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