DTS Package Properties (General Tab)

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DTS Package Properties (General Tab)

Use this tab to view the general properties of a Data Transformation Services (DTS) package.

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Name

View the package name.

Description

Type a description of the text package.

Package GUID

View the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the package, a 128-bit unique number.

Version GUID

View the GUID of the package version, a 128-bit unique number. If only one version of the package exists, this number is the same as the package GUID; if more than one version exists, the version GUID is different.

Creator name

View the name of the user who created the package (the DTS Package.CreatorName property). On computers running Microsoft® Windows® 98, this field may be blank; when it is not blank, it contains both the domain and user names.

Computer

View the name of the computer on which the package was created (the Microsoft Win32® computer name, stored in the Package.CreatorComputerName property).

Date

View the date on which the package was created (the Package.CreationDate property).

Priority class

Specify the Windows process priority (the Package.PackagePriorityClass property). Possible values are Low, Normal, and High.

Limit the maximum number of tasks executed in parallel to

Specify the maximum number of tasks that can execute concurrently. This can be any positive 32-bit integer. The default value is 4.

Setting this value too high can slow package execution; setting the value too low can slow simultaneous step execution.

See Also

Managing DTS Package Properties