Folks, I’m not going to even pretend to be cool and collected about this webinar about designing an ADF SSIS Execution Framework. I’ve been waiting for this one for a loooooooong time! The next (free!) webinar in the series I’m calling the Summer-O’-ADF is Designing a Custom ADF SSIS Execution Framework. It’s at noon EDT Thursday …
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What if You Just Helped?
Serious question: “What if you just helped?” What do I mean by “just helped?” I mean, what if – when you saw (or read or heard about) someone that needs help – you helped? “I can’t afford to help, Andy.” Are you sure about that? If you read a tweet from someone who’s struggling at …
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Free Webinar – ADF Controller Design Pattern with the SSIS Integration Runtime
The next free webinar in my Summer-O’-ADF series of free webinars is titled ADF Controller Design Pattern with the SSIS Integration Runtime. It’s scheduled for Thursday 5 Jul 2018 at noon EDT. It will be recorded in case you miss it. “Previously on the Summer-O’-ADF Series…” </DonLaFontaine> In my previous webinar, The Azure Data Factory Controller Design …
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The Recording for The Azure Data Factory Controller Design Pattern is Available
The recording for my (free!) webinar titled The Azure Data Factory Controller Design Pattern is now available (registration required). Enjoy!
One Learning Path for Biml
I regularly get email asking how to learn Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml). I thought I would share one Biml learning path in this post. Learning Biml is like learning any new technology: it’s hard. You have to commit to spending hours “heads down” working through examples, viewing training material, and reading blogs and books. …
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100 Dumb Little Things
Software development is hard. It takes time, yes. But more than that, software development takes patience and thought and blood and sweat and love and tears. My friends at Varigence recently released an update to their Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) products. If you’re into business intelligence or data science, integration, or engineering, you should …
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Workaround for BimlExpress 2018 Error Importing Packages
I had no sooner published my blog post about the coolness of Biml 2018 when I encountered a bug trying to use one of the features I really like – converting SSIS packages to Biml using (FREE!) BimlExpress 2018 with Visual Studio 2017. My first response was, “Durnit! This worked in the test versions.” My second …
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William McKnight on Data Driven
Frank and I had a great chat with William McKnight of the Data Decoded podcast and McKnight Consulting Group. It’s a great conversation. Check out our interview with William McKnight at Data Driven! :{>
It’s Biml 2018 Release Day!
Scott Currie and the team at Varigence announce the release of BimlFlex 2018, BimlStudio 2018, and BimlExpress 2018! This much-anticipated release includes awesome features for experienced Biml professionals as well as for data engineers new to automating processes! BimlFlex 2018 BimlFlex is a mature and complete data engineering automation framework. Out of the box, BimlFlex …
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SSIS Catalog Browser v0.6.4.0 Released
“There I was…” happy as a clam, rolling right along in my free webinar titled “Introduction to Lifting and Shifting SSIS to the Cloud” (you can view the recording if you missed it [registration required]). I opened Catalog Browser to show off this free utility from DILM Suite and “Guess what my code did?” “Exactly what you …
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