Data Flow Properties that Can Be Set by Using Expressions

 

Applies To: SQL Server 2016

The values of certain properties of data flow objects can be specified by using property expressions available on the Data Flow task container.

For information about using property expressions, see Use Property Expressions in Packages.

You can use property expressions to customize configurations for each deployed instance of a package. You can also use property expressions to specify run-time constraints for a package by using the /set option with the dtexec command prompt utility. For example, you can constrain the MaximumThreads used by the Sort transformation, or the MaxMemoryUsage of the Fuzzy Grouping and Fuzzy Lookup transformations. If unconstrained, these transformations may cache large amounts of data in memory.

To specify a property expression for one of the properties of data flow objects listed in this topic, display the Properties window for the Data Flow task by selecting the Data Flow task on the Control Flow surface of the designer, or by selecting the Data Flow tab of the designer without selecting any individual component or path. Select the Expressions property and click the ellipsis (...) to display the Property Expressions Editor dialog box. Drop down the Property list to select a property, then type an expression in the Expression text box, or click the ellipsis (...) to display the Expression Builder dialog box.

The Property list displays available properties for only those data flow objects that you have already placed on the Data Flow surface of the designer. Therefore, you cannot use the Property list to view all the possible properties of data flow objects that support property expressions. For example, if you have placed an ADO NET source on the designer surface, the Property list contains an entry for the [ADO NET Source].[SqlCommand] property. The list also displays many properties of the Data Flow task itself.

Properties of Data Flow Objects That Support Property Expressions

The values of the properties in the following list can be specified by using property expressions.

Data Flow Sources

Data Flow object Property
ADO NET source TableOrViewName property

SqlCommand property
XML source XMLData property

XMLSchemaDefinition property

Data Flow Transformations

For more information about these custom properties, see Transformation Custom Properties.

Data Flow object Property
Conditional Split transformation FriendlyExpression property
Derived Column transformation FriendlyExpression property
Fuzzy Grouping transformation MaxMemoryUsage property
Fuzzy Lookup transformation MaxMemoryUsage property
Lookup transformation SqlCommand property

SqlCommandParam property
OLE DB Command transformation SqlCommand property
Percentage Sampling transformation SamplingValue property
Pivot transformation PivotKeyValue property
Row Sampling transformation SamplingValue property
Sort transformation MaximumThreads property
Unpivot transformation PivotKeyValue property

Data Flow Destinations

Data Flow object Property
ADO NET Destination TableOrViewName property

BatchSize property

CommandTimeout property
Flat File destination Header property
SQL Server Compact destination TableName property
SQL Server destination BulkInsertTableName property

BulkInsertFirstRow property

BulkInsertLastRow property

BulkInsertOrder property

Timeout property

Technical article, SSIS Expression Cheat Sheet, on pragmaticworks.com

See Also

Use Property Expressions in Packages
Common Properties
Transformation Custom Properties
Path Properties