Dynamic password in FTP task in SSIS ?

Question

I can set almost all properties of FTP task and FTP connection manager using expressions option. In that option, I don't see that I can set FTP PASSWORD using a variable. How do I set the password dynamically ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

There are few options
1. Set password via configuration. In configuration you can identify Password property of FTP connection manager as an item and set a value through it
2. You can set it indirectly via connection string
Just create a variable to hold connection string variable for FTP connection manager and make EvaluateAsExpression as true for it. Then set following as its value
@[User::ServerName] + (DTW_WSTR,1) ":" + @[User::PortNumber] + (DTW_WSTR,1) "." + @[User::UserName] + (DTW_WSTR,1) "." +
@[User::Password]
Where ServerName,PortNumber,UserName and Password are variables you created inside SSIS to pass the value. You can also add them to configuration to pass the values from outside.
If you dont want to make all part dynamic pass static values for ones you dont need (for example 21 for port etc)
3. Use a script task to set value for FTP connection manager properties
use code like below
Public Sub Main()
Dim FTPConnectionManager As ConnectionManager
'Set variable to an existing connection manager
FTPConnectionManager = Dts.Connections("Your FTP connection Manager name")
FTPConnectionManager.Properties("ServerName").SetValue(FTPConnectionManager, Dts.Variables("ServerName").Value)
FTPConnectionManager.Properties("ServerPort").SetValue(FTPConnectionManager, Dts.Variables("PortNumber").Value)
FTPConnectionManager.Properties("ServerUserName").SetValue(FTPConnectionManager, Dts.Variables("UserName").Value)
FTPConnectionManager.Properties("ServerPassword").SetValue(FTPConnectionManager, Dts.Variables("Password").Value)
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
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