integration services presentation

Start using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Now!

1. Definition of some SSIS Terminology2. Upgrading Existing Packages3. Lets start Writing Packages in SSIS4. Q & A5. Next Steps

Help you start taking advantage of the great new features in SSIS

Should be able to go back to your office tomorrow and start using SSIS

See that SQL server Integration Services isn’t that Scary after all – if I can do it – you can too!

Senior Systems Designer for Cybner Computer Solutions

10 Years experience in the IT industry MCP since 2002, most recently Microsoft

Certified Technical Specialist: SQL Server 2005, .Net 2.0 Development

Currently Studying IT Masters

Debugging Data Viewer Row level flow control Ability to reference your own dll’s Strongly typed Script tool! In Visual

Studio! With intellisense! Even more importantly because of the

way SSIS runs, there is a performance increase!

SQL Express Basic Import/Export Utility

SQL Workgroup Import/Export Wizard Ability to Save & Schedule basic packages

SQL Standard Everything EXCEPT some of the Data analysis

& Data mining tools SQL Enterprise

Give me everything!

Package Control Flow Data Flow

Containers Tasks Precedence Constraints Source Adapters Transformations Destination Adapters Connection Managers Variables

It’s 4:55 on Thursday afternoon…

“We have decided to upgrade to SQL 2005 this weekend. That wont cause any problems for those DTS packages you’ve written for us will it???”

DEMO

Key Take Away Points: Script your DTS Packages BEFORE you

upgrade Install the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 DTS

Designer Components & SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility pack (requires a reboot)

Watch out for how much SQL Helps you out Look & Learn from what SQL does Don't forget about the Integration Service

Connection Manager

We need to do the following:1. Loop through List of new orders in For

Each Loop2. Create Text file for each order – with the

Order ID as the filename3. Update the order to show that text file

has been generated

DEMO

Key Take Aways:1. Add descriptions to each step2. For Each Loop – Looping Data3. Working with Variables & expressions4. Using the lookup tool5. Working with Output Files6. Using the data viewer

Some basic Terminology Migrate your existing packages Simple example of some powerful stuff

Over to you…

Best Resources for SSIS: Google!!! Search what you are trying to do http://www.sqlis.com/ http://www.sqlservercentral.com/ http://sqljunkies.com/ http://www.ssistalk.com/ Get Started!!

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