BIDS is not acceptable - to "heavy"

Hello everybody!

I have a question - is it possible to visualize an execution of the SSIS package when it is being run from SQL Agent? "Visualize" means to show a data-flow "live" - similair to the visualization provided by BI Dev.Studio when you run a package there, with coloured boxes, blinking etc.

I searched the Web but found nothing - neither MS-related nor utilities from third parties. Is it possible in any way?

Thanks in advance,

Andrey.

P.S. Parsing log-files is an option, but we would like to try first something less "painfull" and more universal...

To the best of my knowledge, no such tool exists.

Why not simply run the package from BIDS when you require the visualization?

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Just because we do not want to install BIDS in order to run a couple of SSIS packages. We thought of some utility ot "light-weight" version of it invoked when package is run.

And thanks for the information.

Regards,

A.G.

|||Yep, no tool exists, other than BIDS. Is the real-time log/output of the package not enough?|||

Thanks a lot! We will think about other solution - perhaps, log-based.

Regards,

A.G.

|||Sorry I couldn't help - good luck!|||

Hi:

I have had requests for such a UI too. Once you show users a package running in BIDS, they just love it, and want to see it running that way.

It is also a useful aid in Requirements and Design reviews.

Is there some place we can request Microsoft for a feature like this?

TIA

Kar

|||connect.microsoft.com|||Hello.

To be honest, I'm not sure that MS will implement your request ever. This tool is not interesting for marketing. It has no real sales potential.

Regards,
Andrey