SQL Server Integration Services Design Patterns

by Tim Mitchell, Matt Masson, Andy Leonard, Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford

Overview

SQL Server Integration Services Design Patterns is newly-revised for SQL Server 2014, and is a book of recipes for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Design patterns in the book help to solve common problems encountered when developing data integration solutions. The patterns and solution examples in the book increase your efficiency as an SSIS developer, because you do not have to design and code from scratch with each new problem you face. The book's team of expert authors take you through numerous design patterns that you'll soon be using every day, providing the thought process and technical details needed to support their solutions.

SQL Server Integration Services Design Patterns goes beyond the surface of the immediate problems to be solved, delving into why particular problems should be solved in certain ways. You'll learn more about SSIS as a result, and you'll learn by practical example. Where appropriate, the book provides examples of alternative patterns and discusses when and where they should be used. Highlights of the book include sections on ETL Instrumentation, SSIS Frameworks, Business Intelligence Markup Language, and Dependency Services.

• Takes you through solutions to common data integration challenges
• Provides examples involving Business Intelligence Markup Language
• Teaches SSIS using practical examples

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484200827
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/24/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence consultant, database developer, speaker, and trainer. He has been working with SQL Server for more than eight years, working primarily in business intelligence, ETL/SSIS, database development, and reporting. He has earned a number of industry certifications, holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Texas A&M University at Commerce, and is a Microsoft SQL Server "Most Valuable Professional". Tim is a business intelligence consultant for Artis Consulting in the Dallas, Texas area. As an active member of the community, Tim has spoken at venues including numerous SQL Saturday events, Houston Tech Fest, and various user groups and PASS virtual chapters. He is a board member and speaker at the North Texas SQL Server User Group in Dallas, serves as the co-chair of the PASS BI Virtual Chapter, and is an active volunteer for PASS. Tim is an author and forum contributor on SQLServerCentral.com and has published dozens of SQL Server training videos on SQLShare.com. You can visit his website and blog at TimMitchell.net or follow him on Twitter @Tim_Mitchell.

Table of Contents

1. Metadata Collection Patterns

2. Execution Patterns

3. Scripting Patterns

4. SQL Server Source Patterns

5. Data Cleansing

6. DB2 Source Patterns

7. Flat File Source Patterns

8. Loading a PDW Region in APS

9. XML Patterns

10. Expression Language Patterns

11. Data Warehouse Patterns

12. Loading Parallel Data Warehouse

13. Slowly Changing Dimensions

14. Loading the Cloud

15. Logging and Reporting Patterns

16. Parent-Child Patterns

17. Configuration

18. Deployment

19. Estimating ETL Projects

20. Business Intelligence Markup Language

21. BIML and SSIS Frameworks

22. Appendix A. Evolution of an SSIS Framework