Connection Manager not showing "New Connection From Data Source..."

Hello,

I've created a SSIS Solution and have created Data Sources. I have two packages. One was created before the Data Sources, and one was created after. The package that was created after is using connections from the Data Sources. I want to change the package before the Data Soruces were created to use them, but when I right click in the Connection Managers pane "New Connection From Data Source.." is not an option.

Did I not add it to the Solution properly?

How do I get it to show?

Did I not refresh something?

Please provide the how if you figure it out.

Thanks

I Don't know why you cannot see that option. In my opinion, a connection manager based in a Data Source does not add any benefit, and it may represent an issue. If you ever need to change the connection string in the CM in the package; BIDS will generate a warning because DS and CM are out of sync....it will not sync them for you. While that won't cause the package to fail; it is certanly annoy during design time.|||if the first package is not part of the solution (you just opened a dtsx file without a solution) then it will not see the datasources from the solution.|||

One thing that worked was to right click on the child package and select "Reload with Upgrade" This gave me another version of the child package that uses the shared Data sources. However, whenever I run the wrapper it runs the older version of the package. I couldn't get it to work using the child package, so to make sure everything was clean. I started over and created a wrapper package that calls the child package and they share Data Sources and a XML Config file to set the connections. Everything was working fine. The child was using the Data Sources in the Connection manager.

I relocated the packages and repointed the XML Config path to the new location. When I ran the wrapper the child package used OLEDB connections instead of the icon of using the Data Source Connection. So I was back again. I selected "Reload with Upgrade", and it generated another version of the child package, with my original connections of using the shared Data Sources. When I run the wrapper, it runs an older version of the child package.

How do I manage the versions? How do I use the new package that is created after the "Reload with Upgrade"? How do I get the wrapper to run the correction version of the child package?

Thanks