05 | Configuration and Deployment Richard Currey | Senior Technical Trainer–New Horizons United George Squillace | Senior Technical Trainer–New Horizons Great Lakes

Troubleshooting Debugging Logging Event Handlers Deployment Module 5 Overview

Topic: Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting in SSIS Troubleshooting approaches

Troubleshooting in SSIS The process of determining the source of problems that occur during package execution Tasks that can occur during the troubleshooting process –Monitoring execution path –Monitoring values, both data and variable –Monitoring events that occur –Monitoring the outcome of the package

Troubleshooting Approaches Debugging –Setting breakpoints –Viewing execution progress –Viewing / modifying variable values –Viewing data flow Logging Event Handlers

Topic: Debugging

Breakpoints Watches Data Viewers

Breakpoints Pauses execution when reached Enabled for any task or container in the package Can be configured to stop at: –Any time-will pause execution every time that the task is encountered –Hit Count Equals-will pause after a specific number of times that the breakpoint is reached –Hit Count Greater or Equal-will pause every time after the threshold value is reached –Hit Count Multiple-will pause when the task is reached a multiple of the value entered

Watches Displays a variable and its associated value during execution Values can be modified while execution is paused Watch window displays requested variables Locals window displays all variables that are currently in scope

Data Viewers Data can be copied from the viewer Used to watch records flow between data flow transforms Can be enabled between any two data flow components –Between a data source and a transform –Between any two transforms –Between transform and data destination Will pause the execution of the package while data is examined

DEMO Debugging a Package

Topic: Logging

What Is Logging? Events Log Providers Configuring Logging

What Is Logging? The process of persisting the details of package execution Can be used to determine where package execution failed in a production environment Can be used to help troubleshoot performance issues

Events Events are the things that happen during package execution Events have properties that expose information that can be logged Events have some properties that are common to all events and some that are unique for that particular event

Are the destinations for the messages that are being logged Are data destinations so they require connection managers Types include text file, Windows Event Log, XML file, SQL Server, and SQL Server Profiler Log Providers

Determine the executables to log Choose the Log Provider to use Determine the events that should be enabled Choose the information for each event Configuring Logging

DEMO Configuring Logging

Topic: Event Handlers

What Are Event Handlers? Configuring Event Handling

Workflows that only occur when the event occurs Are tied to an event and an executable Error events are the most commonly defined event handlers Control flow is defined for each individual event handler What Are Event Handlers?

Choose the executable and event that needs a response Design and implement a control flow to execute when the event occurs Configuring Event Handling

DEMO Configuring Event Handling

Topic: Deployment

Deployment Types Package Configurations Environments

Deployment Types Package deployment –The process of moving individual packages to a production environment Project deployment –Moves all packages from a project into the production environment –Includes all project-level resources Deployment can be to SQL Server, file system or SSIS catalog

Package Configurations Are only available with package deployment Are used to set property values from outside of the package and to persist those values for reuse Can be direct or indirect –Direct configurations map an executable and property to a specific value –Indirect configurations map an executable and a property to the location where the property value can be found Include environment variables, registry entries, XML files, SQL Server, and the parent package variable

DEMO Implementing Configurations

Environments Provide similar functionality for packages as configurations –External mapping of property and value Multiple environments can be created –Dev –Test –Prod Property values can be specified in each environment –Connection string to a different SQL Server instance for example Environment to use can be specified at runtime

DEMO Implementing Environments

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