SQL Server® 2008 Integration Services - Online Course
Course DescriptionThis course runs from 3.30pm to 10.00pm - includes refreshment break and Q&A sessions.
This course will enable technology professionals with little or no ETL experience to be comfortable and productive with the SSIS tools and technologies. In this course you will learn about the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and working with Control and Data Flows to build workflows to extract, transform, and load data using a variety of data sources, transformations, and destinations. You will also become familiar with SSIS package management and package deployment along with learning to write solid code using debugging, error handling, and logging techniques. |
£1152 3 day course Scheduled Dates: |
Course pre-requisites:
This course assumes no prior knowledge of SQL Server Integration Services. This course does assume prior knowledge of SQL Server 2008 and the use of SQL Server Management Studio for development and administrative tasks. You should be able to create CRUD (create, retrieve, update, and delete) queries using T-SQL, understand basic relational databases design, run script files and diagnose problems that occur, and have experience building applications that access data stored in SQL Server. You must also know how to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2008 using the various connection dialog boxes in Management Studio and development tools.
Other tools used in this course include Notepad, Microsoft Excel, and basic features of Windows.
Other tools used in this course include Notepad, Microsoft Excel, and basic features of Windows.
Topics covered on the 3 day SQL Server® 2008 Integration Services - Online course
A Guided Tour of Integration Services
- Understanding Integration Services
- Exploring and Executing an Integration Services Package in BIDS
- Exploring and Executing a Package Outside of BIDS
Control Flow
- Overview of Control Flow in Integration Services
- Working with Workflow Tasks
- Precedence Constraints
Data Flows
- The Data Flow Task
- Data Viewers
- Data Flow Transformations
Variables and Configurations
- Understanding Variables
- Using Variables in Control Flow
- Using Variables in Data Flow
- Configurations
- Using Variables and Configurations between Packages
Advanced Control Flow
- Advanced Control Flow Overview
- Using Containers
- Transactions Support in Integration Services
Error Handling and Logging
- When Things Go Wrong
- Checkpoints
- Handling Errors and Debugging
- Packaging Logging
- Event Handling
Advanced Data Flow
- Synchronous and Asynchronous Transformations
- Using Advanced Transformations
- Handling Slowly Changing Dimensions
Package Deployment
- Deploying Packages
- Create a Package Deployment Utility
- Installing a Package
- Redeploying Updated Packages
Package Management
- Overview of Package Management
- Managing Integration Services Packages
- Executing Packages
- Integration Services Security
Scripting and Custom Components
- Extending Integration Services Capabilities through Code
- Scripting in Control Flows with the Script Task
- Scripting in Data Flows with the Script Component
- Custom Integration Services Components
Best Practices
- Best Practices for Using Integration Services
- Best Practices for Package Development and Design
- Data Flow Best Practices
- Deployment and Management Best Practices
Going Beyond ETL
- Using Integration Services Beyond ETL
- Migrating and Maintaining SQL Servers with Integration Services
- Working with Analysis Services
- Working with Windows Management Instrumentation
Course Classification:
This is an instructor led online training course
Scheduled course dates
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Online Learning Training and bespoke Online Learning courses