Three DayCourse  

Course Description

This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement data transfer or extract, transform, and load (ETL) solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement an Integration Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to develop, deploy, and manage Integration Services packages.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe SQL Server Integration Services and its tools.
• Create an Integration Services package.
• Implement control flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement data flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement data flow in an Integration Services package.
• Debug and implement error handling in an Integration Services package.
• Implement checkpoints and transactions in an Integration Services package.
• Deploy an Integration Services package.
• Manage and secure an Integration Services package.

Prerequisites

This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement data transfer or extract, transform, and load (ETL) solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services.

Course Content

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

The students will be introduced to the role that Integration Services plays in extracting, transforming, and loading data. The students will also be introduced to the tools that are used to build and manage Integration Services solutions.

• Overview of SQL Server Integration Services
• Using Integration Services Tools
  • Lab: Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
    • Using the Import and Export Wizard
    • Running an Integration Services Package
    • Import Data Using the Import and Export Wizard
    • Import Data Using the Import and Export Wizard

Developing Integration Services Solutions

The students will be introduced to the development tasks that are involved in creating an Integration Services package.

• Creating an Integration Services Solution
• Using Variables
• Building and Running a Solution
  • Lab: Developing Integration Services Solutions
    • Creating an Integration Services Project
    • Implementing a Package
    • Building and Running an Integration Services package

Implementing Control Flow

The students will be introduced to the tasks and precedence constraints that can be used to implement control flow in an Integration Services package.

• Control Flow Tasks
• Control Flow Precedent Constraints
• Control Flow Containers
  • Lab: Implementing Control Flow
    • Creating a Simple Control Flow
    • Configuring Precedence Constraints
    • Using Containers

Implementing Data Flow

The students will be introduced to the data flow sources, transformations, and destinations that can be used to implement a data flow task in an Integration Services control flow. It also explains how to use data flow paths to direct valid and invalid rows through the data flow.

• Data Flow Sources and Destinations
• Basic Data Flow Transformations
• Basic Data Flow Transformations
• Data Flow Paths
  • Lab: Data Flow Paths
    • Transferring Data
    • Transferring Data
    • Transferring Data
    • Configuring Error Output

Implementing Logging

The students will be introduced to how to use logging in an Integration Services package, and explained how to configure and use logging providers to generate information about a package’s execution.

• Overview of Integration Services Logging
• Overview of Integration Services Logging
  • Lab: Implementing Logging
    • Configuring Logging
    • Implementing Custom Logging

Debugging and Error Handling

The students will be introduced to how to debug Integration Services packages by using the debugging tools in Business Intelligence Development Studio. It then explains how to implement error-handling logic in an Integration Services package.

• Debugging a Package
• Implementing Error Handling
  • Lab: Debugging and Error Handling
    • Debugging a Package
    • Implementing Error Handling
    • Implementing Error Handling

Implementing Checkpoints and Transactions

The students will be introduced to what checkpoints are and how to implement them. It then discusses transactions, and describes how to implement transactional data access logic in an Integration Services package.

• Implementing Checkpoints
• Implementing Transactions
  • Lab: Implementing Checkpoints and Transactions
    • Implementing Checkpoints in a Package
    • Implementing Transactions in a Package
    • Implementing a Native Transaction

Configuring and Deploying Packages

The students will be introduced to how to create Package Configurations and how to deploy Integration Services packages to production servers.

• Package Configurations
• Preparing and Deploying Packages
• Administering Report Server Databases
  • Lab: Configuring and Deploying Packages
    • Creating a Package Configuration
    • Preparing a Package for Deployment
    • Deploying a Package

SQL Managing and Securing Packages

The students will learn how to query Reporting Services information programmatically and how to automate report management tasks. Students will also learn how to render reports without relying on Report Manager, and how to extend the feature set of a report server by creating custom code.

• Managing Packages
• Managing Packages
  • Lab: Managing and Securing Packages
    • Importing a Package
    • Configuring, Executing, and Monitoring a Package
    li>Scheduling a Package
    • Securing a Package

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