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Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and 2017 Integration Services
This 4 day course is intended for IT professionals, business analysts, and developers who need to implement data transfer, or ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load), solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or 2017 Integration Services. Students will learn about the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) development environment to create SSIS projects and packages, work with Control Flow Tasks, and design Data Flows using a variety of transformations and data sources/destinations (including SQL Server databases, flat files, and Excel). Delegates will also learn about SSIS project and package management, deployment, debugging, error handling, and logging techniques. The training is delivered with plenty of illustrated examples and augmented with practical hands-on exercises.
With the course structure being fully modularised, customised versions of this course can also be devised and delivered. For example, clients interested in only the essentials of SSIS could attend just the first 3 days of the course, omitting the Advanced SSIS Concepts ordinarily covered on day 4.
No prior knowledge of the subject matter is assumed. However, students should ideally be familiar with basic programming concepts, and understand the fundamental design of relational databases and data normalization. Some prior working knowledge of SQL Server 2017 (or earlier), and the use of SQL Server Management Studio, is assumed. Attendees should additionally be familiar with the SQL query language, in particular the SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE statements.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
Overview of SSIS
Using the Import/Export Data Wizard
Using SSDT to Explore a Package
Exploring the SSDT Development Environment
Creating a New SSIS Project and Package in SSDT
Connection Managers
Introduction to Control Flow Tasks
Precedence Constraints
File System Task
Script Task
Execute SQL Task
Execute Process Task
Expression Task
Send Mail Task
FTP Task
Execute Package Task
Using the Data Flow Task
Introduction to Data Flow Transforms and Components
Exploring Data Sources
Exploring Data Destinations
Data Conversion Transform
Derived Column Transform
Implementing Data Viewers
Aggregate Transform
Sort Transform
Lookup Transform
Row Count Transform Union All Transform
The Script Component
Conditional Split Transform
OLE DB Command Transform
Fuzzy Lookup Transform
Fuzzy Grouping Transform
Implementing Variables and Expressions
Implementing Parameters
Sequence Container
For Loop Container
Foreach Loop Container
Logging Package Execution
Custom Logging
Using Event Handlers
Implementing Breakpoints
Create and Configure the SSIS Catalog
Project Deployment
Configure Deployed Projects and Packages
Securing SSIS Packages
Running Packages
Scheduling Package Execution
Incremental Package Deployment
Master Packages
Restarting Packages
Package Transactions & Checkpoints
Data Warehousing Basics
The Data Profiling Task
Loading Dimension Tables
Understanding Slowly Changing Dimensions
Using the Slowly Changing Dimension Transform
Loading Fact Tables
Loading Data Incrementally
Using SSIS CDC Components
