How to: Configure a Package to Use a Transaction

This procedure describes how to specify that a package use transactions for some or all of its tasks and containers.

To configure a package to use a transaction

In Business Intelligence Development Studio, open the Integration Services project that contains the package you want to configure to use a transaction.
In Solution Explorer, double-click the package to open it.
Click the Control Flow tab.
Right-click anywhere in the background of the control flow design surface, and then click Properties.
In the Properties window, set the TransactionOption property to Required.
On the design surface of the ControlFlow tab, right-click the task or the container that you want to enroll in the transaction, and then click Properties.
In the Properties window, set the TransactionOption property to Supported.

Note

To enlist a connection in a transaction, enroll the tasks that use the connection in the transaction. For more information, see Integration Services Connections.
Repeat steps 6 and 7 for each task and container.