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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Announcing the Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory Course!
I am excited to announce a brand new course (it still has that new course smell) from Brent Ozar Unlimited and honored to deliver it! This one-day, live, online course is titled Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory and it’s designed to introduce you to Azure Data Factory (ADF). There will be demos. Live demos. Lots …
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Enterprise Data & Analytics and Andy Leonard Consulting
I occasionally get questions about my companies (yes, plural) so I thought I’d write a post explaining them. Enterprise Data & Analytics Enterprise Data & Analytics is a boutique consulting firm. I own the company and I also deliver consulting services. We have a team of experienced engineers who deliver everything from cloud data migrations to …
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SSIS Catalog Compare Documentation is Available
I’m excited to announce the availability of SSIS Catalog Compare Documentation! And now, it’s free!
Anatomy of a Catalog Reference Script in SSIS Catalog Compare
A Catalog Reference script is automatically generated from several methods in SSIS Catalog Compare’s Catalog object named CatalogBase. Header Documentation The script begins with a header documentation similar to that shown here: When executed, the Project Reference script header documentation portion displays in the Messages output window of SQL Server management Studio (SSMS): The statements …
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Anatomy of an Environment Script in SSIS Catalog Compare
An SSIS Catalog Environment script is automatically generated from several methods in SSIS Catalog Compare’s Catalog object named CatalogBase. Declarations and Header Documentation The script begins with a declaration of Transact-SQL parameters that support SSIS Catalog Environment Variables contained within an SSIS Catalog Environment. These parameters are placed at the top of the script for …
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Anatomy of an SSIS Catalog Connection Literals Script in SSIS Catalog Compare
An SSIS Catalog Connection Literals script is automatically generated using several methods in SSIS Catalog Compare’s Catalog object named CatalogBase. Declarations and Header Documentation The script begins with a declaration of Transact-SQL parameters that will be used to provide literal overrides. These parameters are placed at the top of the script for easy access by …
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Surface Connections in SSIS Catalog Compare and Catalog Browser
Changing the way Connections are surfaced and managed was a major focus of SSIS Catalog Compare version 3. The changes were first shared as part of SSIS Catalog Browser – a free utility from DILM Suite for viewing the contents of an SSIS Catalog – because building the surfacing mechanisms for the SSIS Catalog was …
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