Pro SQL Server 2012 Integration Services

by Francis Rodrigues, Michael Coles, David Dye

Overview

Pro SQL Server 2012 Integration Services teaches how to take advantage of the powerful extract, transform, and load (ETL) platform included with Microsoft SQL Server 2012. You’ll learn to build scalable, robust, performance-driven enterprise ETL solutions that save time and make money for your company. You'll learn to avoid common ETL development pitfalls and how to extend the power of your ETL solutions to include virtually any possible transformation on data from any conceivable source. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) facilitates an unprecedented ability to load data from anywhere, perform any type of manipulation on it, and store it to any source.

Whether you are populating databases, retrieving data from the Web, or performing complex calculations on large data sets, SSIS gives you the tools to get the job done. And this book gives you the knowledge to take advantage of everything SSIS offers.

• Helps you design and develop robust, efficient, scalable ETL solutions
• Walks you through using the built-in, stock components
• Shows how to programmatically extend the power of SSIS to cover any possible scenario

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430236931
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	09/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	636
File size:	30 MB
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About the Author

Francis Rodrigues is a business intelligence consultant based out of New York City. A computer science graduate of Loyola College in Maryland, he is an expert developer of enterprise business intelligence projects. His specialties include extract, transfer, load (ETL) solutions based on SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and Oracle.

Table of Contents

 

1. Introducing Integration Services 
2. BIDS and SSMS 
3. “Hello World!”—Your First SSIS 2012 Package 
4. Connection Managers 
5. Control Flow Basics 
6. Advanced Control Flow Tasks 
7. Source and Destination Adapters 
8. Data Flow Transformations 
9. Variables, Parameters, and Expressions 
10. Scripting 
11. Events and Error Handling 
12. Data Profiling and Scrubbing 
13. Logging, Auditing and Data Lineage
14. Heterogeneous Sources and Destinations 
15. Data Flow Tuning and Optimization 
16. Parent-Child Design Pattern 
17. Dimensional Data ETL 
18. Building Robust Solutions 
19. Deployment Model