Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services: An Expert Cookbook - Softcover

Rad, Reza; Perfeito, Pedro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184968524X ISBN 13: 9781849685245

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Over 80 expert recipes to design, create, and deploy SSIS packages

• Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear step-by-step instructions and real time examples
• Master all transformations in SSIS and their usages with real-world scenarios
• Learn to make SSIS packages re-startable and robust; and work with transactions
• Get hold of data cleansing and fuzzy operations in SSIS

In Detail

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a leading tool in the data warehouse industry - used for performing extraction, transformation, and load operations. This book is aligned with the most common methodology associated with SSIS known as Extract Transform and Load (ETL); ETL is responsible for the extraction of data from several sources, their cleansing, customization, and loading into a central repository normally called Data Warehouse or Data Mart.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services: An Expert Cookbook covers all the aspects of SSIS 2012 with lots of real-world scenarios to help readers understand usages of SSIS in every environment.

Written by two SQL Server MVPs who have in-depth knowledge of SSIS having worked with it for many years.

This book starts by creating simple data transfer packages with wizards and illustrates how to create more complex data transfer packages, troubleshoot packages, make robust SSIS packages, and how to boost the performance of data consolidation with SSIS. It then covers data flow transformations and advanced transformations for data cleansing, fuzzy and term extraction in detail. The book then dives deep into making a dynamic package with the help of expressions and variables, and performance tuning and consideration.

What you will learn from this book

• Step-by-step instructions to create Data Flow; and working with different sources and destinations
• Focus on some best practices for raising the performance of packages and data flow
• Understand Containers and Loop structures in SSIS
• Explore all the aspects of event handlers in SSIS
• Gain knowledge to debug, troubleshoot, and migrate packages
• Master the different ways to deploy and execute packages

Approach

This book is written in a simple, easy to understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations.

Who this book is written for

If you are an SQL database administrator or developer looking to explore all the aspects of SSIS and need to use SSIS in the data transfer parts of systems, then this is the best guide for you. Basic understanding of working with SQL Server Integration Services is required.

About this title

About the Author

Reza Rad

Reza Rad is a Senior Microsoft BI Consultant, Author, and Trainer. He has a BsC in Computer engineering; he has more than 10 years experience in programming and development mostly on Microsoft technologies. He got his Microsoft MVP in SQL Server in 2011 for his dedication in SSIS. He is known as Reza Rad in online communities and forums, his official Name is Abolfazl Radgoudarzi. Reza has worked on Microsoft BI suite for more than six years; he is a SSIS/MSBI/.NET Trainer and also a software and BI Consultant at some companies and private institutes. He was co-author of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dive Volume 2. His articles on different aspects of technologies especially on SSIS can be found on his blog: rad.pasfu, his direct email address is a.raad.g@gmailcom

Pedro Perfeito

Pedro was born in 1977 in Portugal and currently works as BI Senior Consultant and Developer at Novabase. He's also an invited teacher in master and postgraduate BI degrees, by IUL-ISCTE (Lisbon) and by Universidade Portucalense (UPT-Porto) respectively. He received in 2010 and 2011 the Microsoft award "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) for all his dedication and contribution helping theoretical and practical issues in the various BI communities and he's also co-author of the SQL MVP Deep Dives book - 2Edition.

He has several Microsoft certifications including MCP, MCSD, MCTS-Web, MCTS-BI and MCITP-BI and also worldwide certifications in the area of BI provided by TDWI/CBIP (The Data Warehouse Institute - tdwi.org). He's currently preparing his PhD degree on BI. For further details you can also visit his personal blog at pedrocgd.blogspot or even contact him directly at pperfeito@hotmail

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184968524X
• ISBN 13: 9781849685245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 564