1. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com SSIS Tips and Tricks Bradley Schacht Twitter: @SQLBS Email: BSchacht@PragmaticWorks.com Blog: www.BradleySchacht.com

2. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com About Me

3. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com About Me BI Consultant and Trainer with Pragmatic Works Blogs at BIDN.com Author on a new SharePoint BI Book Has spoke at past events like User Group, Code Camps, and SQL Saturdays Trained Brian Knight to bark on command Microsoft Copy & Paste MVP It’s touted as the cure for insomnia The bathroom really appreciated the session

4. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Overview Naming Conventions Checkpoints Error Logging Transforms

5. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Naming Conventions Make them! Use them! Help in error logging Module 1

6. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Demo Module 1

7. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Checkpoints Mark where SSIS package fails Logs the package state Restart from the point of failure Don’t use in production Module 1

8. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Demo Module 1

9. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Error Logging Failure precedence constraints SQL Task or Email Why rebuild the same logging? Reusable event handler Module 1

10. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Demo Module 1

11. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Transforms Fully blocking Partially blocking Non-blocking Do it in the source not SSIS Module 1

12. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Demo Module 1

13. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Overview Naming Conventions Checkpoints Error Logging Transforms

14. INTELLIGENT DATA SOLUTIONS www.PragmaticWorks.com Questions and Comments Bradley Schacht Email: Bschacht@PragmaticWorks.com Twitter: @SQLBS Blog: www.BradleySchacht.com