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SSIS Quick Tip: Required Parameters
SQL Server 2012 introduces the new Parameter model. Setting a parameter’s Required property to True means that a value must be supplied at runtime by the caller of the package (dtexec, SSMS, SQL Agent,...
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SSIS Quick Tip: Copy & Paste Packages into a Visual Studio Project
The Add Existing Package option for SSIS projects is very helpful, but has one major limitation. The dialog only allows you to add a single package at a time. When working with a lot of packages, this...
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DQS – Using the Changes History Panel
The DQS client will automatically sort the list of Domain Values, which can make adding new values to a big list tricky. Once you enter the new value at the bottom of the list, it gets automatically...
View ArticleShould I use the SQL Server Destination?
Short answer: No. Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. UPDATE: I was told that some people would like an explanation instead of blindly trusting my advice (weird), so here...
View ArticlePublish to SSIS Catalog using PowerShell
Here is a PowerShell script that I use to provision and setup SSIS Catalogs when I’m demoing SQL Server 2012. It does the following: Connects to localhost (default instance) Drops the existing SSIS...
View ArticleCan I deploy a single SSIS package from my project to the SSIS Catalog?
No. No you cannot. In SQL Server 2012, you will always deploy the entire .ispac file to the Catalog. I’ve received this question a number of times in the past couple of weeks. It’s actually a feature...
View ArticleWhere are the SSIS assemblies in SQL 2012?
I have a custom .NET application which generates SSIS packages. In 2005 and 2008, I reference certain SSIS assemblies (such as Microsoft.SqlServer.ExecPackageTaskWrap.dll) from the GAC. I’ve upgraded...
View ArticleLookups with really big reference tables
Recent customer issue: We are using the Lookup Transform to do joins in our Data Flows. Most Data Flows have more than one Lookup. The process worked fine in our development environment, but fails when...
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Automatically Select Input Columns in a Custom Data Flow Component
The following code snippet can be used in a custom data flow component to automatically select all input columns when you attach a path. public override void OnInputPathAttached(int inputID) {...
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Quick Tip: Resolving Oracle Destination Datatype conversion errors
When working with the Oracle Destination (the one from Microsoft/Attunity (2008 | 2012)), you might encounter generic data type conversion errors after mapping your columns. Validation error. Data Flow...
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Installing SSIS for Visual Studio 2012
Did you hear that SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence (formerly known as BIDS) has been releases for Visual Studio 2012? It was announced last month, and we’ve seen a lot of downloads so far....
View ArticleMonitoring SSIS package executions
Question: When we run SSIS in development (from SSDT/BIDS), we can see the progress of the job, with all of the steps highlighted in yellow, red or green. Is there a way to display this same status...
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Quick Tip: How can I tell when my DQS knowledge base has been updated?
You can improve data quality in your SSIS data flows by using the DQS Cleansing transform (new in SQL 2012). When you’re using DQS, the data is cleansed according to the rules you’ve built up in the...
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Generate an Empty Raw File Without Running your SSIS Package
A new feature was added to the Raw File Destination in SQL Server 2012 which allows you to output an empty raw file from the editor UI. Add a Raw File Destination to your data flow, and connect it to...
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DQS – Using the Changes History Panel
The DQS client will automatically sort the list of Domain Values, which can make adding new values to a big list tricky. Once you enter the new value at the bottom of the list, it gets automatically...
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