While managing a team of 40 ETL developers, I wanted to track lots of metrics. Some of the things I wanted to track were technical, like SSIS package execution times. Some metrics were people-centric. Andy’s First Rule of Statistics states: You can use statistics for anything about people, except people. Andy – circa 2005 It was …
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Packaging SSIS Catalog Deployments
I love the SSIS Catalog. It’s an elegant piece of data integration engineering and I cannot say enough positive things about it. Packaging SSIS Catalog deployments can be tricky, though. The SSIS Catalog is a framework. Frameworks manage execution, configuration, and logging; and the SSIS Catalog handles each task with grace. Like I said, I …
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Catalog Browser v0.7.8.0
I’ve been making smaller, more incremental changes to SSIS Catalog Browser – a free utility from the Data Integration Lifecycle Management suite (DILM Suite). You can use SSIS Catalog Browser to view SSIS Catalog contents on a unified surface. Catalog Browser works with SSIS Catalogs on-premises and Azure Data Factory SSIS Integration Runtime, or Azure SSIS. It’s …
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Honored to Present Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF at #Azure DataFest Reston
I am honored to deliver Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF at the Azure DataFest in Reston Virginia 11 Oct 2018! Abstract Your enterprise wants to use the latest cool Azure Data Analytics tools but there’s one issue: All your data are belong to the servers on-premises. How do you get your enterprise data into …
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Viewing SSIS Configurations Metadata in SSIS Catalog Browser
SSIS Catalog Browser is a pretty neat product. “How neat is it, Andy?” I’m glad you asked. It’s free. That makes it difficult to beat the cost. SSIS Catalog Browser is designed to surface all SSIS Catalog artifacts and properties in a single view. “What exactly does that mean, Andy?” You’re sharp. Let’s talk about why …
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Viewing SSIS Configurations Metadata in SSMS
Let’s take a look at an SSIS Project in SSMS: Demo is the SSIS Catalog folder. Demo contains three SSIS projects named 0-Monolith, EmptySSISProject, and LiftAndShift. If we expand the LiftAndShift SSIS project we see it contains a single SSIS package named Load Customer.dtsx. The Demo folder contains two Catalog environments named env1 and env2. These …
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The Recording for Using SSIS Framework Community Edition is Available
The recording of my free webinar titled Using SSIS Framework Community Edition is now available (registration required). You can obtain the free and open source SSIS Framework Community Edition at DILM Suite. Enjoy! :{>
Free Stuff for People Who Give Back: Announcing 2019 Scholarships
Do you work for a charity or non-profit organization? Submit your application today. I haven’t advertised this in the past and… I’m not sure why: I donate licenses for SSIS Catalog Compare and (non-free) SSIS Framework Editions – and subscriptions to Biml Academy and SSIS Academy – and Enterprise Data & Analytics Training – to individuals who …
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Using SSIS Framework Community Edition Webinar 20 Sep
Join me 20 Sep 2018 at noon ET for a free webinar titled Using SSIS Framework Community Edition! Abstract SSIS Framework Community Edition is free and open source. You may know can use SSIS Framework Community Edition to execute a collection of SSIS packages using a call to a single stored procedure passing a single …
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Introducing Azure Data Factory Design Patterns
I was honored to write an article titled Introducing Azure Data Factory Design Patterns featured in this month’s PASS Insights newsletter! Introducing Azure Data Factory Design Patterns The article covers a couple execution patterns: Execute Child Pipeline Execute Child SSIS Package I demonstrate a cool SSIS Catalog Browser feature that helps ADF developers configure the Execute SSIS Package activity. To …
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