3.30.2015

SSIS Package Not Appearing in Solution Explorer

The Problem:

You've created an SSIS solution in Visual Studio.  When opening the solution to edit a package, a few are missing from the Solution Explorer pane.  Every time you try to 'Add Existing Package' or 'Copy & Paste' it creates a new instance of the package.

The Solution:

Instead of right-clicking and selecting 'Add Existing Package', right-click on the Solution itself and click 'Add > Existing Item' (Shift+Alt+A).  Now you can CTRL-select all of the items missing from your Solution Explorer and click 'Add'.

The Wrong Way:

The Correct Way:

If you're interested in a little more about WHY this happens billinkc has a some good information here on StackOverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15502567/ssis-package-not-visible-in-vs-2010

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for this, but the method describes adds the dtsx package to Solution Items, not under SSIS Packages. Is there a way to do this and have it organized under SSIS Packages?

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