I’m happy to announce the release of Catalog Browser v0.5! I taught the app a new trick: viewing SSIS Catalogs in Azure! Of course, Catalog Browser still works locally: As the next release of SSIS Catalog Compare approaches, I’ve been testing – a lot. Catalog Browser shares quite a bit of functionality with Catalog Compare – …
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Upcoming Catalog Properties Update for SSIS Catalog Compare
In this video I share and discuss upcoming updates to SSIS Catalog Compare‘s Catalog Properties node. Check it out! :{>
Apache Storm Stream Processing in Azure HDInsight
I’m learning more about Apache Storm which is used for stream processing for near-real-time analytics in Azure HDInsight. I grabbed the image above from an AWS presentation on slideshare (link). I got all giggly inside as I learned about Storm architecture. Why? Because I built this much of this same functionality as part the DILM …
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Expert SSIS Training: SSIS Design Patterns for Performance
I focus on three topics in the Expert SSIS course I deliver live, online in cooperation with Brent Ozar Unlimited: SSIS Design Patterns for Performance SSIS Deployment, Configuration, Execution, and Monitoring Automation What do I cover in SSIS Design Patterns for Performance? I cover Data Flow Internals, chat about throughput – the OBM (One Big Metric) …
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The Next Book Project: Frameworks
Kent Bradshaw, Shannon Lowder, and I explore stored procedure-based data integration patterns, an SSIS execution framework, and two Biml frameworks in a book we are writing, tentatively titled Frameworks.
Why I Built DILM Suite, by Andy Leonard
The following is Chapter 6: Catalog Browser from my latest book titled Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS: A Short Introduction by Example: I was honored to be a Microsoft SQL Server MVP for five years (2007-2012). One cool thing about a being a Microsoft MVP was access to the internal developer teams. Everyone could …
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ETL Instrumentation: Logging SSIS Variable Values
During the December 2017 delivery of Expert SSIS, I was asked if there is an SSIS Catalog Logging Mode that will display the value of variables. I responded that I wasn’t aware of a logging level that accomplishes this, but then – as sometimes happens – I could not let it go. It is an excellent …
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Coming Soon to SSIS Catalog Compare: Values Everywhere
I’ve been testing a new feature in SSIS Catalog Compare‘s catalog browser. I call it “values everywhere.” What do I mean by values everywhere? In the browser shown above, please note the reference mapping of the ConnectionString property for the package connection manager in SimplePackage.dtsx. Each Reference is listed as a child node of the reference …
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The Next Expert SSIS Delivery is 2.5 Days – 5-7 Mar 2018!
Yep, we’re doing it again! In cooperation with Brent Ozar Unlimited, the next delivery of Expert SSIS Training is 5-7 Mar 2018. I had a great time delivering this course with Brent in September and December 2017 and I’m excited to have the opportunity to share this material with you again! We’ve extended the course …
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Website Ch-ch-changes…
Inspired by Frank La Vigne’s (blog | @Tableteer) snappy update to the Data Driven home page, I decided to spruce up a couple / three of my websites including this one, andyleonard.blog. I added the sidebar shown on the right of the site. It contains a more-readily-available search box and links to other websites I maintain – …
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