Foreach loop, containers and transaction settings and continuing a loop even if a task fails

Question

I have a foreach loop and a container inside that.  Inside the container are a bunch of tasks.  When one of these tasks fail, I want it to fail the parent container, but not the loop or the package.  
The package will be run from a sql agent job.  Right now, the package works, but when a task fails inside the container, the sql agent job stops with failure.  I want it to continue unless one of the tasks OUTSIDE of the loop or container fail.
Am I correct to say that since the foreach loop is the parent of the container, and as long as the foreach loop doesnt fail, the package should continue?

Answer 1

Hi Shiftbit,
Yes, the failure of the Script Task will fail the Sequence Container, the Foreach Loop Container as well as the package even though you have set the FailParentOnFailure and the FailPackageOnFailure properties to False. That’s because the package implicitly
uses Event Handlers to control the failure propagation even though we didn’t add any Event Handlers explicitly. So, if you don’t want the failure of the Script Task to affect its containers and the entire package, you should add an empty OnError Event Handler
for the Script Task, and then set the value of the System Variable Propagate of the Event Handlers to False.
If you don’t want the other tasks in the Sequence Container fail the Loop container as well, you don’t need to repeat the operations on each task, instead, you only need to do the same on the Sequence Container.
References:
http://agilebi.com/jwelch/2008/06/29/continuing-a-loop-after-an-error/#comment-57484
http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/sql-server/b/weblog/archive/2013/08/09/ssis-logging-and-event-propagation.aspx
Regards,
Mike Yin
TechNet Community Support