Tutorial: SSIS best practices
Learn the best practices for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in this tutorial, from migrating DTS packages to SSIS debugging, maintenance and programming in SQL Server.
2008-12-17
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Integration Services (SSIS)
Backup or transfer SSIS Packages
How can you backup your SSIS packages? I've been asked several times, and the answer is it depends. Where do you store your packages? SSIS Package Store The SSIS package store is just a folder on disk, so regular file system backups should suffice, or you can backup that folder specifically.
2008-11-27
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Checksum Transformation
The Checksum Transformation computes a hash value, the checksum, across one or more columns, returning the result in the Checksum output column.
2008-11-25
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Escaping In Expressions
The expressions language in Integration Services is a C style syntax, so you may need to escape certain characters.
2008-11-20
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SSAS Cache Warming Using SSIS
Having your users walk into a cold cache on a morning is something that will cause them to have slower running queries initially. Cache warming takes care of a lot of that by executing typical queries against the newly processed cube and thereby building the cache ready for your users
2008-11-18
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SSIS and Excel 2007
Longtime author Dinesh Asanka brings us a short tutorial on importing your data from Excel 2007 into a database using Integration Services.
2008-10-24
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Extending SSIS Part 2 - SSIS Programmatically / Dynamically Building Packages
We bring you part 2 of a series on SSIS programming from Ira Whiteside and Actuality Business Intelligence. This article shows you how to dynamically build a package using code.
2008-10-10
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How To Use Transactions in a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package
I am trying to build an SSIS package where the entire package is encapsulated in a transaction. In addition there is a table that needs to remain locked for the duration of the SSIS package execution. Can you provide an example of how to do this?
2008-10-01
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Using SSIS to zip files and email the zipped files
I have often needed a means to send zipped files via email. This article shows one method to do just this.
2010-01-01 (first published: 2008-09-22)
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Build a Metadata-Driven ETL Platform by Extending Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS) provides a flexible and scalable architecture that enables high-performance data extract, transform, and load (ETL). The Microsoft Business Intelligence Center of Excellence has extended SSIS to a metadata-driven platform to more effectively build, deploy, and manage ETL processes in large data warehousing environments.
2008-09-19
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