SSIS (463) SSIS Training Course Our SSIS training course is the last module of your MCSA Certification. Our course is very practical and our classes are limited to small groups. Alignment Aligned with Microsoft s 463 : Implementing a Data Warehouse with MS SQL Prerequisites Beginning SQL Course Material Included in the course price. We use course material based on SQL Server 2014. Course Contents DAY 1: SQL Server SSIS Historical Overview What s New in SSIS Tools of the Trade Import and Export Wizard The SQL Server Data Tools Experience SSIS Architecture Packages Control Flow Data Flow Variables Parameters Error Handling and Logging Editions of SQL Server The SSIS Tools Import and Export Wizard
SQL Server Data Tools The Solution Explorer Window The SSIS Toolbox The Properties Windows The SSIS Package Designer Control Flow Connection Managers Variables Data Flow Parameters Event Handlers Package Explorer Executing a Package Management Studio SSIS Tasks SSIS Task Objects Using the Task Editor The Task Editor Expressions Tab Looping and Sequence Tasks Script Task (.NET) Analysis Services Tasks Analysis Services Execute DDL Task Analysis Services Processing Task Data Mining Query Task Data Flow Task Data Preparation Tasks Data Profiler File System Task Archiving a File FTP Task Getting a File Using FTP Web Service Task Retrieving Data Using the Web Service Task and XML Source Component XML Task Validating an XML File RDBMS Server Tasks Bulk Insert Task Using the Bulk Insert Task Execute SQL Task Workflow Tasks Execute Package Task Execute Process Task Message Queue Task Send Mail Task WMI Data Reader Task WMI Event Watcher Task Polling a Directory for the Delivery of a File SMO Administration Tasks Transfer Database Task
Transfer Error Messages Task Transfer Logins Task Transfer Master Stored Procedures Task Transfer Jobs Task Transfer SQL Server Objects Task The Data Flow Understanding the Data Flow Data Viewers Sources OLE DB Source Excel Source Flat File Source Raw File Source XML Source ADO.NET Source Destinations Excel Destination Flat File Destination OLE DB Destination Raw File Destination Recordset Destination Data Mining Model Training DataReader Destination Dimension and Partition Processing Common Transformations Synchronous versus Asynchronous Transformations Aggregate Conditional Split Data Conversion Derived Column Lookup Row Count Script Component Slowly Changing Dimension Sort Union All Other Transformations Audit Character Map Copy Column Data Mining Query DQS Cleansing Export Column Fuzzy Lookup Fuzzy Grouping Import Column Merge Merge Join Multicast OLE DB Command
Percentage and Row Sampling Pivot Transform Unpivot Term Extraction Term Lookup Data Flow Example Using Variables, Parameters, and Expressions Dynamic Package Objects Variable Overview Parameter Overview Expression Overview Understanding Data Types SSIS Data Types Date and Time Type Support How Wrong Data Types and Sizes Can Affect Performance Unicode and Non-Unicode Conversion Issues Casting in SSIS Expressions Using Variables and Parameters Defining Variables Defining Parameters Variable and Parameter Data Types Working with Expressions C#-Like? Close, but Not Completely The Expression Builder Syntax Basics Using Expressions in SSIS Packages DAY 2: Containers Task Host Containers Sequence Containers Groups For Loop Container Foreach Loop Container Foreach File Enumerator Example Foreach ADO Enumerator Example Joining Data The Lookup Transformation Using the Merge Join Transformation Contrasting SSIS and the Relational Join Lookup Features Building the Basic Package Using a Relational Join in the Source Using the Merge Join Transformation Using the Lookup Transformation Full-Cache Mode
No-Cache Mode Partial-Cache Mode Multiple Outputs Expressionable Properties Cascaded Lookup Operations Cache Connection Manager and Cache Transform Creating an End-to-End Package Basic Transformation Tutorial Creating Connections Creating the Control Flow Creating the Data Flow Completing the Package Saving the Package Executing the Package Typical Mainframe ETL with Data Scrubbing Creating the Data Flow Handling Dirty Data Finalizing Handling More Bad Data Looping and the Dynamic Tasks Looping Making the Package Dynamic Scripting in SSIS Introducing SSIS Scripting Getting Started in SSIS Scripting Selecting the Scripting Language Using the VSTA Scripting IDE Example: Hello World Adding Code and Classes Using Managed Assemblies Example: Using Custom.NET Assemblies Using the Script Task Configuring the Script Task Editor The Script Task Dts Object Accessing Variables in the Script Task Connecting to Data Sources in a Script Task Raising an Event in a Script Task Writing a Log Entry in a Script Task Using the Script Component Differences from a Script Task Configuring the Script Component Editor Accessing Variables in a Script Component Connecting to Data Sources in a Script Component Raising Events Logging Example: Data Validation Synchronous versus Asynchronous Essential Coding, Debugging, and Troubleshooting
Techniques Structured Exception Handling Script Debugging and Troubleshooting Advanced Data Cleansing in SSIS Advanced Derived Column Use Text Parsing Example Advanced Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping Fuzzy Lookup Fuzzy Grouping DQS Cleansing Data Quality Services DQS Cleansing Transformation Master Data Management Master Data Services DAY 3: Incremental Loads in SSIS Control Table Pattern Querying the Control Table Querying the Source Table Updating the Control Table SQL Server Change Data Capture Benefits of SQL Server CDC Preparing CDC Capture Instance Tables The CDC API Using the SSIS CDC Tools Loading a Data Warehouse Data Profiling 383 Initial Execution of the Data Profiling Task 383 Reviewing the Results of the Data Profiling Task 386 Turning Data Profile Results into Actionable ETL Steps 390 Data Extraction and Cleansing 391 Dimension Table Loading 391 Loading a Simple Dimension Table 392 Loading a Complex Dimension Table 397 Considerations and Alternatives to the SCD Transformation 408 Fact Table Loading 409 SSAS Processing 421 Using a Master ETL Package 426 Using the Relational Engine Data Extraction 430 SELECT * Is Bad 430 WHERE Is Your Friend 432
Transform during Extract 433 Many ANDs Make Light Work 437 SORT in the Database 437 Modularize 439 SQL Server Does Text Files Too 440 Using Set-Based Logic 444 Data Loading 446 Database Snapshots 446 The MERGE Operator 448 Accessing Heterogeneous Data Excel and Access 455 64-Bit Support 455 Working with Excel Files 457 Working with Access 462 Importing from Oracle 469 Oracle Client Setup 469 Importing Oracle Data 470 Using XML and Web Services 472 Configuring the Web Service Task 472 Working with XML Data as a Source 483 Flat Files 486 Loading Flat Files 487 Extracting Data from Flat Files 489 ODBC 491 Other Heterogeneous Sources 494 DAY 4: Reliability and Scalability Restarting Packages 498 Simple Control Flow 499 Containers within Containers and Checkpoints 501 Variations on a Theme 503 Inside the Checkpoint File 505 Package Transactions 507 Single Package, Single Transaction 508 Single Package, Multiple Transactions 509 Two Packages, One Transaction 511 Single Package Using a Native Transaction in SQL Server Error Outputs 513 Scaling Out 516 Architectural Features 516 Scaling Out Memory Pressures 517 Scaling Out by Staging Data 517 Scaling Out with Parallel Loading 522 Understanding and Tuning the Data Flow Engine 529
The SSIS Engine 530 Understanding the SSIS Data Flow and Control Flow 530 Handling Workflows with the Control Flow 533 Data Processing in the Data Flow 533 Memory Buffer Architecture 534 Types of Transformations 534 Advanced Data Flow Execution Concepts 543 SSIS Data Flow Design and Tuning 549 Data Flow Design Practices 550 Optimizing Package Processing 555 Troubleshooting Data Flow Performance Bottlenecks 558 Pipeline Performance Monitoring 559 SSIS Software Development Life Cycle Introduction to Software Development Life Cycles 565 SDLCs: A Brief History 566 Types of Software Development Life Cycles 566 Versioning and Source Code Control 567 Subversion (SVN) 568 Team Foundation Server, Team System, and SSIS 573 Summary 590 Chapter 18: Error and Event Handling 591 Using Precedence Constraints 592 Precedence Constraint Basics 592 Advanced Precedence Constraints and Expressions 593 Event Handling 601 Events 602 Using Event Handlers 603 Event Handler Inheritance 611 Breakpoints 612 Error Rows 616 Logging 622 Logging Providers 622 Log Events 623 Catalog Logging 627 DAY 5: Programming and Extending The Sample Components Component 1: Source Adapter Component 2: Transform Component 3: Destination Adapter The Pipeline Component Methods Design-Time Functionality Runtime Connection Time Building the Components Preparation Building the Source Component
Building the Transformation Component Building the Destination Adapter Using the Components Installing the Components Debugging Components Design Time Building the Complete Package Runtime Debugging Upgrading to SQL Server Adding a User Interface to Your Component Three Key Steps for Designing the UI: An Overview Building the User Interface Adding the Project Implementing IDtsComponentUI Setting the UITypeName Building the Form Extending the User Interface Runtime Connections Component Properties Handling Errors and Warnings Column Properties Other UI Considerations External Management and WMI Task Implementation External Management of SSIS with Managed Code Setting Up a Test SSIS Package for Demonstration Purposes The Managed Object Model Code Library Catalog Management Folder Management Environments The DTS Runtime Managed Code Library SSIS Deployment Projects Parameter Objects Server Deployment Executing SSIS Packages Deployed to the SSIS Catalog Environment References Package Operations Application Object Maintenance Operations Package Operations Package Monitoring Project, Folder, and Package Listing A Package Management Example Package Log Providers Specifying Events to Log Programming to Log Providers SQL Server 2014 Operation Logs Package Configurations Creating a Configuration
Programming the Configuration Object Configuration Object Windows Management Instrumentation Tasks WMI Reader Task Explained WMI Data Reader Example WMI Event Watcher Task WMI Event Watcher Task Example Administering SSIS Using the SSIS Catalog Setting the SSIS Catalog Properties SSISDB Deployment Models Project Deployment Model Package Deployment Model Using T-SQL with SSIS Executing Packages Using Parameters Querying Tables for Parameter Values Using Environments Using Data Taps Creating a Central SSIS Server Clustering SSIS Package Configuration Command-Line Utilities DTExec DTExecUI DTUtil Security Securing the SSIS Catalog Legacy Security Scheduling Packages SQL Server Agent Proxy Accounts 64-Bit Issues Monitoring Package Executions Built-in Reporting Custom Reporting Performance Counters Duration and pricing Full-time over 5 days (R9995) Part-time over 4 weeks (2 nights per week, 3 hour sessions) (R11995) Part-time over 8 Saturdays, 3 hour sessions (R11995) Please note : For part-time courses we do not have a fixed schedule and you will be placed on a waiting list until we get a group of 4+ together. Please book with no dates on the bookings form. This will automatically put you on the waiting list. We will confirm with you as soon as we have a part-time group together. Distance-learning over up to 3 months (R9995) International exams are not included in the course price.
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