SSIS package configuration parent variable not being passed - sql-server

I am testing two simple packages in a project in SSIS 2008. I have parent package with a variable and I would like pass that variable down to the child package called from parent using an Execute Package Task. I am using Package Configurations choosing the Parent Package Variable option. However, the child package is not picking up the variable. I have checked the config over and over and the variable names are exactly the same (I know it is case sensetive). Any ideas?

this is the process I've used and have had great results.
First make sure you're editing the package configuration of your child package, and the variable exists in both your parent and child package.
Then in the package configuration wizard at "Select Configuration Type" Make sure configuration type is set to "Parent Package Variable" and that the text you enter into "Parent variable:" matches the name of the variable in parent package exactly. Should look like User::Var1. Hit next
On the "Select Target Property" screen, under your child package, in variables select the variable you want the data to go into, open that variables properties, then select the Value property. This is where the value of the parent variable is going to go.
in this example
child -> Variables -> Var1 -> Properties -> Value
hit next
Give this config a name and hit finish.
hope this helped.

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please refer picture:
Click the ellipses (...) besides the empty Value spot. There you will be presented with three options (if you didn't have an Environment established, there'd be only two).
The design time value is the default here. If your parameter, MyVar01_PackageLevel, had an actual value displayed, the UI would render it in the default font weight/style.
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Store XML retrieved value as string variable for use in child package

I would like to store an XML retrieved value as a string variable for later use in a child package within SSIS. The situation is as follows:
I'm retrieving an ID from an XML file in a data flow task (A). I need to save this ID as a variable so I can pass it later on to a child package via package configurations and use it there. The issue is that with the 'Recordset Destination', I can only store it as an object type, and then I can't seem to convert it in my child package to a string again.
I think that I can solve this with a foreach loop, but I don't feel like this is very performant. Is there any other way to do this? I attached some screenshots to make the situation a bit more clear.
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I use Visual Studio 2015 and SQL Server 2016 and also I use COZYROC component for SSIS for working with SFTP.
I what move all files between two folder in SFTP. For that. I have created a variable (V_FilesNameList) with object data type. Then, I have used a COZYROC SFTP Task for getting the list of files name on SFTP server:
This is a configuration for above component :
Then, I have created a foreach loop on my variable (V_FilesNameList).
And inside the loop I want to change the name of each file and copy it to the new address.
But I have this error :
Error: ForEach Variable Mapping number 1 to variable
"User::V_File_Name_Old" cannot be applied.
Error: ForEach Variable Mapping number 919997528
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And when I want to watch the value inside the my variable (V_FilesNameList) in Watch windows, I have this error :
V_FilesNameList Unable to evaluate the expression. An error occurred
that usually indicates a corrupt installation (code 0x80004002).
If the problem persists, repair your Visual Studio installation via
'Add or Remove Programs' in Control Panel.
Why I have those errors? And how can I move the files between two folder in SFTP server with SSIS?
And how can I move the files between two folder in SFTP server with
SSIS?
Download Files (File Transfer Task CozyRoc) to your file system inside some folder (configurable Project Parameter)
Now using the Foreach Loop Container (Set Enumerator -> ForEach File Enumerator ) get complete file path for each file.
Using File Transfer Task move file to the SFTP.
Using File System Task delete all files from the local folder (Where files are download in step 1).
Check the Variable Mappings in your foreach loop container, if the object V_FilesNameList contains a list string of file names, then the variable in your Variable Mappings should be in string data type, so that they could be mapped correctly. I am guessing your mapped variable variable 껤ʧ is not set correctly.
I had the error to variable "껤ʧ" cannot be applied when I was working with a ForEach loop container too. The problem is with NULL's in the ResultVariable. Try to handle the NULLS returned from source. In my case, the object variable was populated from a query so all I had to do was use ISNULL sql function.

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Somehow during fiddling with the Script Task the ReadWriteVariables property has been set to the result of the Script (eg. "20130524140500297").
I have tried removing this setting in the property window of the Task and by editing the task:
This seems to 'take' but when I build the package the setting magically reverts to the useless number!
Is there something I am missing or any way to remove this permanently?
I don't want to revert the file to an earlier version.
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edit: evaluate variable as expression location:

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I have one temp folder C:\Mydata inside that i have .csv files with name
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I did like C:\DEMO\*.csv which is giving me error :
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To do that you need to assign the filename from the Foreach to a variable.
The first step to be taken is to create the variable. To do that you need to activate the "Variables" window:
Then you need to create a new variable of type string and rename it.
For more information on SSIS variables and how to create them, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms140216.aspx
Now you need to assign the new variable (in this case i named it "filename") to the foreach loop:
NOTE THAT WHILE THE OPTION "Name Only" IS SELECTED IN THE FIRST WINDOW, IN YOUR CASE YOU PROBABLY WANT "Fully Qualified"!!
The screenshot was taken from a working project i have and i am using only the name (Name Only) as opposed to the full path (Fully Qualified)
After doing that you need to assign that variable to your flat file connector using expressions:
Which version of MSSQL and SSIS are you using? And why are you using C:\Mydata in one place and C:\DEMO in another?
The basic technique of looping over files is described here.
There is lot of information about these steps in the documentation and on the web. If you need more help, please be as specific as possible about what you've tried, what isn't working, what versions you're working with etc.

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