I copied a SSIS folder from a development machine to a server and opened the application in BIDS on the server. When I try to make changes I am not able to create breakpoints (does not appear in the menu) and get a message to reload the package when I attempt to run the master because it was changed outside the development environment. I have 3 packages that are wrapped in a master package that uses the Execute Package Task to run them. 1. Why am I unable to create breakpoints? 2. What is the reason for reloading a package I've edited in BIDS when it says it was changed externally? 3. Is there any editing that can correct the references to the packages? Thanks. Dan Slaby

Please mention the version you are using while posting any questions. 1) are you executing the child package in the master or the master package ? 2) did you open the chi,d package in any other BIDS 3) send the details withe the screen shot (if possibvle)Please mark the post as answered to help others to choose the best. chandra sekhar pathivada | www.calsql.com (SQL Server Community Website)

It must be due to somebody else having this package open in his/her BIDS, too. So if somebody saves it, you get the message "modified outside". Likewise, you cannot debug it because it is not exclusively held by your dev environment.Arthur My Blog

1. I have the packages in a Sequence Container in the master package. 2. No, but when I execute the package, it will open a second version to run. Oddly, one package C1 seemed to be linked to C2 so that when I added a data viewer in C1 it also created one in C2 and likewise when I removed the data viewer. 3. I'll respond next week since I'm working on another project to finish. Thanks for your assistance.Dan Slaby

I'm wondering if there is some linkage in the guids back to the development machine.Dan Slaby

I believe soArthur My Blog

What I found is that when I run the master package, it opens another copy of the package, and if I make changes to the opened package, it gives me the problem. What I need to do is close all the packages in the designer window, reopen the package from the solution explorer and I can create breakpoints and save the changes. Dan Slaby