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Overview

The Runtime Engine is a component of [[articles:SQL Server Integration Services|SSIS]] that powers the [[articles:SSIS Control Flow|Control Flow]]. It manages the workflow of [[SSIS package]]s during execution time: it controls the execution order of the so-called executables, based on the precedence constraints defined between them.

This component is which supports logging, manages loading package configurations, handles events, variables, transactions, connections and tasks - basically everything except loading data with [[articles:SSIS Dataflow Task|Data Flow Tasks]].

Synonyms

You may see the Runtime Engine referred to as "SSIS runtime" or "workflow engine".