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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Change to the SSMS Create Catalog Dialog
I’m glad to see a change in the Create Catalog dialog for creating an instance of an SSIS Catalog using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) version 17.9. The “Enable this server as SSIS scale out master” checkbox is now unchecked by default: I’m not sure if this changed in SSMS version 17.9 or an earlier …
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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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Delete SSIS Catalog Folders With SSIS Catalog Compare
To delete a Catalog folder using SSIS Catalog Compare, right-click the folder and click Delete Folder: You are prompted to confirm folder deletion: If the folder contains additional Catalog artifacts, the user is prompted again to confirm the deletion of the folder and all contents: Let’s take a short break right here and consider some …
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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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Honored to Present Faster SSIS at SQL Saturday Boston 22 Sep 2018!
I am honored to present Faster SSIS at SQL Saturday Boston 22 Sep 2018! Check out this schedule – there are a bunch of smart people presenting – plus me! Abstract Ever wonder why SSIS runs so slow? Watch SSIS author Andy Leonard as he runs test loads using sample and real-world data and shows …
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