Automate Version number Retrieval from .Dtsx files

Question

Is there a way or query by which I can find the version number of SSIS packages (*.dtsx files)?

I have the *.dtsx files in my Team Foundation Server for which I wanted to know.

The manual way is to do a mouse right-click on the package and click Compare to see the VersionBuild but there are like thousands of packages so doing it manually is really not possible

Note: The process should be automated, not manual

Answer 1

Getting values within dtsx packages

• If you are trying to read a package version within this package you can access to one of the SSIS system variables

  Variable        Type    Description
  -------------------------------------------
  VersionBuild    Int32   The package version.
  VersionComment  String  Comments about the package version.
  VersionGUID     String  The unique identifier of the version.
  VersionMajor    Int32   The major version of the package.
  VersionMinor    Int32   The minor version of the package.
  

• If you are looking for Package SQL Server Version, you can find it inside the dtsx file if you open it as text (or xml) And search for PackageFormatVersion property, detailed informations are provided in the following links:

  • SQL Studies - What SQL version is my SSIS package? (this link contains the table writen below)
  • MSDN - Package Format Changes in SQL Server Denali

Getting values from .dtsx files stored in Sql server

You can follow these links:

• bill fellows article - SSIS package query
• Microsoft TechNet article - List all SSIS packages stored in msdb database

it contains queries that achieve this issue

Getting values from .dtsx files not stored in Sql server

To automate reading PackageFormatVersion you can use read it programmatically using an XMLParser or Regex. I wrote a code in Vb.net that use Regex and loop over .dtsx files inside a directory and get the PackageFormatVersion property and other properties found in dtsx file header:

• PackageFileName
• PackageFormatVersion
• CreationDate
• CreationName
• CreatorComputerName
• CreatorName
• DTSID
• ExecutableType
• LastModifiedProductVersion
• LocaleID
• ObjectName
• PackageType
• VersionBuild
• VersionGUID

First i created a Class named PackageInfo that contains properties listed above

Public Class PackageInfo

    Public Property PackageFileName As String
    Public Property PackageFormatVersion As String
    Public Property CreationDate As String
    Public Property CreationName As String
    Public Property CreatorComputerName As String
    Public Property CreatorName As String
    Public Property DTSID As String
    Public Property ExecutableType As String
    Public Property LastModifiedProductVersion As String
    Public Property LocaleID As String
    Public Property ObjectName As String
    Public Property PackageType As String
    Public Property VersionBuild As String
    Public Property VersionGUID As String


End Class

Using RegEx

Private Sub ReadPackagesInfo(ByVal strDirectory As String)


        m_lst.Clear()

        For Each strFile As String In IO.Directory.GetFiles(strDirectory, "*.dtsx", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)


            Dim strContent As String = ""

            Using sr As New IO.StreamReader(strFile)

                strContent = sr.ReadToEnd
                sr.Close()

            End Using


            Dim strPackageFormatVersion As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=""PackageFormatVersion"">)(.*)(?=</DTS:Property>)", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strCreationDate As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:CreationDate="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strCreationName As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:CreationName="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strCreatorComputerName As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:CreatorComputerName="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strCreatorName As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:CreatorName="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strDTSID As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:DTSID="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strExecutableType As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:ExecutableType="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strLastModifiedProductVersion As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:LastModifiedProductVersion="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strLocaleID As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:LocaleID="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strObjectName As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:ObjectName="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strPackageType As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:PackageType="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strVersionBuild As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:VersionBuild="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value
            Dim strVersionGUID As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=DTS:VersionGUID="")(.*?)(?="")", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value



            m_lst.Add(New PackageInfo With {.PackageFileName = strFile,
                      .PackageFormatVersion = strPackageFormatVersion,
                      .CreationDate = strCreationDate,
                      .CreationName = strCreationName,
                      .CreatorComputerName = strCreatorComputerName,
                      .CreatorName = strCreatorName,
                      .DTSID = strDTSID,
                      .ExecutableType = strExecutableType,
                      .LastModifiedProductVersion = strLastModifiedProductVersion,
                      .LocaleID = strLocaleID,
                      .ObjectName = strObjectName,
                      .PackageType = strPackageType,
                      .VersionBuild = strVersionBuild,
                     .VersionGUID = strVersionGUID})


        Next



End Sub

The following line of code is the one that read the PackageFormatVersion property from the file

Dim strA As String = Regex.Match(strContent, "(?<=""PackageFormatVersion"">)(.*)(?=</DTS:Property>)", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value

Using Xml Parser

    Private Sub ReadPackagesInfoUsingXmlParser(ByVal strDirectory As String)

        m_lst.Clear()

        For Each strFile As String In IO.Directory.GetFiles(strDirectory, "*.dtsx", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)

            Dim strPackageFormatVersion As String = ""
            Dim strCreationDate As String = ""
            Dim strCreationName As String = ""
            Dim strCreatorComputerName As String = ""
            Dim strCreatorName As String = ""
            Dim strDTSID As String = ""
            Dim strExecutableType As String = ""
            Dim strLastModifiedProductVersion As String = ""
            Dim strLocaleID As String = ""
            Dim strObjectName As String = ""
            Dim strPackageType As String = ""
            Dim strVersionBuild As String = ""
            Dim strVersionGUID As String = ""


            Dim xml = XDocument.Load(strFile)

            Dim ns As XNamespace = "www.microsoft.com/SqlServer/Dts"
            Dim man As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(New NameTable())
            man.AddNamespace("DTS", "www.microsoft.com/SqlServer/Dts")

            If Not xml.Root Is Nothing AndAlso
                Not xml.Root.Descendants(ns + "Property").Attributes(ns + "Name") Is Nothing AndAlso
                     xml.Root.Descendants(ns + "Property").Attributes(ns + "Name").Where(Function(x) x.Value = "PackageFormatVersion").Count > 0 Then

                strPackageFormatVersion = xml.Root.Descendants(ns + "Property").Attributes(ns + "Name").Where(Function(x) x.Value = "PackageFormatVersion").FirstOrDefault.Parent.Value

                strCreationDate = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreationDate").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreationDate").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strCreationName = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreationName").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreationName").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strCreatorComputerName = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreatorComputerName").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreatorComputerName").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strCreatorName = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreatorName").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "CreatorName").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strDTSID = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "DTSID").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "DTSID").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strExecutableType = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "ExecutableType").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "ExecutableType").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strLastModifiedProductVersion = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "LastModifiedProductVersion").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "LastModifiedProductVersion").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strLocaleID = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "LocaleID").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "LocaleID").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strObjectName = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "ObjectName").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "ObjectName").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strPackageType = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "PackageType").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "PackageType").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strVersionBuild = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "VersionBuild").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "VersionBuild").FirstOrDefault.Value)
                strVersionGUID = If(xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "VersionGUID").FirstOrDefault Is Nothing, "", xml.Root.Attributes(ns + "VersionGUID").FirstOrDefault.Value)
            End If



            m_lst.Add(New PackageInfo With {.PackageFileName = strFile,
                      .PackageFormatVersion = strPackageFormatVersion,
                      .CreationDate = strCreationDate,
                      .CreationName = strCreationName,
                      .CreatorComputerName = strCreatorComputerName,
                      .CreatorName = strCreatorName,
                      .DTSID = strDTSID,
                      .ExecutableType = strExecutableType,
                      .LastModifiedProductVersion = strLastModifiedProductVersion,
                      .LocaleID = strLocaleID,
                      .ObjectName = strObjectName,
                      .PackageType = strPackageType,
                      .VersionBuild = strVersionBuild,
                     .VersionGUID = strVersionGUID})

        Next

    End Sub

Demo App

I Created A Demo Application to achieve this procedure you can download it from the following link:

• Dropbox download link

Also i created a new Git-repository for this demo app

App screenshot

Getting values from .dtsx files Using TSQL

You can Read my answer at DBA.StackExchange :

• Determine the PackageFormatVersion for multiple .DTSX packages files in a folder

PackageFormatVersion Table

And Here is the PackageFormatVersion table values

SQL Version Build # PackageFormatVersion    Visual Studio Version
2005        9       2                       2005
2008        10      3                       2008
2008 R2     10.5    3                       2008
2012        11      6                       2010 or BI 2012
2014        12      8                       2012 CTP2 or 2013
2016        13      8                       2015