• I'm a big fan of SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services). You'll find that you can do a lot more with the data in terms of cleansing and logging exactly what happened using this fuctionality than the features you are currently thinking of using.

    To create a basic SSIS package you can use the Import/Export data wizard. Save the package and then make it as complicated as it needs to be to accomplish your task. For example you could have it watching a directory and so it will pick up the file as soon as it is entered into the directory, thereby producing the data to the users in the quickest possible time - as opposed to a polling interval for a scheduled job.

    Rich

    Hope this helps,
    Rich

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