about the book:

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.

Table of Content:

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Getting Started with SQL Server Integration Services
Chapter 2: Control Flow Tasks
Chapter 3: Data Flow Task Part 1—Extract and Load
Chapter 4: Data Flow Task Part 2—Transformations
Chapter 5: Data Flow Task Part 3—Advanced Transformation
Chapter 6: Variables, Expressions, and Dynamism in SSIS
Chapter 7: Containers and Precedence Constraints
Chapter 8: Scripting
Chapter 9: Deployment
Chapter 10: Debugging, Troubleshooting, and Migrating Packages to 2012
Chapter 11: Event Handling and Logging
Chapter 12: Execution
Chapter 13: Restartability and Robustness
Chapter 14: Programming SSIS
Chapter 15: Performance Boost in SSIS
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Getting Started with SQL Server Integration Services
  • Introduction
  • Import and Export Wizard: First experience with SSIS
  • Getting started with SSDT
  • Creating the first SSIS Package
  • Getting familiar with Data Flow Task
  • SSIS 2012 versus previous versions in Developer Experience

• Chapter 2: Control Flow Tasks
  • Introduction
  • Executing T-SQL commands: Execute SQL Task
  • Handling file and folder operations: File System Task
  • Sending and receiving files through FTP: FTP Task
  • Executing other packages: Execute Package Task
  • Running external applications: Execute Process Task
  • Reading data from web methods: Web Service Task
  • Transforming, validating, and querying XML: XML Task
  • Profiling table statistics: Data Profiling Task
  • Batch insertion of data into a database: Bulk Insert Task
  • Querying system information: WMI Data Reader Task
  • Querying system events: WMI Event Watcher Task
  • Transferring SQL server objects: DBMS Tasks

• Chapter 3: Data Flow Task Part 1—Extract and Load
  • Introduction
  • Working with database connections in Data Flow
  • Working with flat files in Data Flow
  • Passing data between packages—Raw Source and Destination
  • Importing XML data with XML Source
  • Loading data into memory—Recordset Destination
  • Extracting and loading Excel data
  • Change Data Capture

• Chapter 4: Data Flow Task Part 2—Transformations
  • Introduction
  • Derived Column: adding calculated columns
  • Audit Transformation: logging in Data Flow
  • Aggregate Transform: aggregating the data stream
  • Conditional Split: dividing the data stream based on conditions
  • Lookup Transform: performing the Upsert scenario
  • OLE DB Command: executing SQL statements on each row in the data stream
  • Merge and Union All transformations: combining input data rows
  • Merge Join Transform: performing different types of joins in data flow
  • Multicast: creating copies of the data stream
  • Working with BLOB fields: Export Column and Import Column transformations
  • Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs) in SSIS

• Chapter 5: Data Flow Task Part 3—Advanced Transformation
  • Introduction
  • Pivot and Unpivot Transformations
  • Text Analysis with Term Lookup and Term Extraction transformations
  • DQS Cleansing Transformation—Cleansing Data
  • Fuzzy Transformations—how SSIS understands fuzzy similarities

• Chapter 6: Variables, Expressions, and Dynamism in SSIS
  • Introduction
  • Variables and data types
  • Using expressions in Control Flow
  • Using expressions in Data Flow
  • The Expression Task
  • Dynamic connection managers
  • Dynamic data transfer with different data structures

• Chapter 7: Containers and Precedence Constraints
  • Introduction
  • Sequence Container: putting all tasks in an executable object
  • For Loop Container: looping through static enumerator till a condition is met
  • Foreach Loop Container: looping through result set of a database query
  • Foreach Loop Container: looping through files using File Enumerator
  • Foreach Loop Container: looping through data table
  • Precedence Constraints: how to control the flow of task execution

• Chapter 8: Scripting
  • Introduction
  • The Script Task: Scripting through Control Flow
  • The Script Component as a Transformation
  • The Script Component as a Source
  • The Script Component as a Destination
  • The Asynchronous Script Component

• Chapter 9: Deployment
  • Introduction
  • Project Deployment Model: Project Deployment from SSDT
  • Using Integration Services Deployment Wizard and command-line utility for deployment
  • The Package Deployment Model, Using SSDT to deploy package
  • Creating and running Deployment Utility
  • DTUTIL—the command-line utility for deployment
  • Protection level: Securing sensitive data

• Chapter 10: Debugging, Troubleshooting, and Migrating Packages to 2012
  • Introduction
  • Troubleshooting with Progress and Execution Results tab
  • Breakpoints, Debugging the Control Flow
  • Handling errors in Data Flow
  • Migrating packages to 2012
  • Data Tap

• Chapter 11: Event Handling and Logging
  • Introduction
  • Logging over Legacy Deployment Model
  • Logging over Project Deployment Model
  • Using event handlers and system variables for custom logging

• Chapter 12: Execution
  • Introduction
  • Execution from SSMS
  • Execution from a command-line utility
  • Execution from a scheduled SQL Server Agent job

• Chapter 13: Restartability and Robustness
  • Introduction
  • Parameters: Passing values to packages from outside
  • Package configuration: Legacy method to inter-relation
  • Transactions: Doing multiple operations atomic
  • Checkpoints: The power of restartability
  • SSIS reports and catalog views

• Chapter 14: Programming SSIS
  • Introduction
  • Creating and configuring Control Flow Tasks programmatically
  • Working with Data Flow components programmatically
  • Executing and managing packages programmatically
  • Creating and using Custom Tasks

• Chapter 15: Performance Boost in SSIS
  • Introduction
  • Control Flow Task and variables considerations for boosting performance
  • Data Flow best practices in Extract and Load
  • Data Flow best practices in Transformations
  • Working with buffer size
  • Working with performance counters