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Microsoft Reference Material
SQL Server Integration Services Portal on MSDN - videos, whitepapers, product overviews, blogs
SQL Server Books Online for Integration Services - complete reference material
    * Designing and Implementing Packages Tutorials
    * Performance Tuning Techniques
    * Microsoft SSIS Connectivity Whitepaper
    * Technet SSIS Wiki (lots of connectivity info here)
Using the System.IO Namespace in your Script Task
Top Microsoft Knowledgebase SSIS articles

Frequently Asked Questions
An SSIS package does not run when you call the SSIS package from a SQL Server Agent job step
How do I sort packages in Solution Explorer?
How do I check to see if a record exists in my destination and update it, and if it doesn't exist, insert it?
Why are my mapped drives not working?
    - Avoid them at all costs.  Use UNC instead. (\\server\share\...)  Mapped drives are only available to the currently logged-in user session and when you run SSIS package via a job (SQL Agent or otherwise) mapped drives are not available because there is no user session.
Why is my SQL Server Destination component not working?
    - It can only be used when the package is being run on the same server that you are inserting into.
Why is my Excel interop failing intermittently in my Script Task?
How do I set a flat file name for flat file connection manager dynamically?
How do I use dynamic T-SQL in Lookup?
How do I use lookup transformation to load data incrementally?
How do I perform data type conversions in SSIS?
How do I create a folder for SSIS package in MSDB with T-SQL?
How do I resolve the error "Connection is busy with results for another command"?
How do I programmatically create a Transfer SQL Server Objects task?
How do I execute a stored procedure with a return value and an output parameter in an Execute SQL Task?
How do I use the Fuzzy Grouping transformation?
How do I use Integration Services to achieve Push-mode processing for Analysis Services?
How do read data from Excel 2007 with Integration Services 2005?
How do I upgrade my DTS packages to SSIS 2008 packages?
How do I troubleshoot SSIS packages failed execution in a SQL Agent job?
How do I track the error message when my SSIS package failed execution?
How do I troubleshoot a connection error regarding DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER ?
How do I troubleshoot SSIS package hanged for running?
How do I use SSIS to completely transfer my database including logins, users, and permissions from one server to another server?
How do I record log information in Script Component?
How do I create and deploy a SSIS custom task?
How do I improve package loading performance in BIDS when I open a package which is imported from another place?


Best Practices Resources
Top 10 SQL Server Integrations Services Best Pratices by SQL CAT

Learning Resources
Webcasts
    * TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: Performance and Scale (Level 400)
    * MSDN Architecture Webcast: Using SQL Server 2005 Integration Services to Populate a Kimball Method Data Warehouse (Level 200)
Integration Services oriented Websites
    * SQLIS.com
    * SQLBI.eu
    * JumpstartTV
    * LearnMicrosoftBI.com
    * BIDN.com

Tools and Add-ons for Integration Services
SSIS Community Tasks and Components project on CodePlex
    * BIDSHelper
    * over 80 other Tools, Tasks, and Data Flow Sources, Transforms, and Destinations for SSIS 2005 and 2008

DTS Related Questions (SQL Server 2000 and older versions)
    * DTS newsgroup: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.sqlserver.dts

Answer 1

good meat! thanks

Answer 2

Hi,

 

This is a very very good information..thx a lot...

 

maruthi..

 

Answer 3

Here's one that looks interesting: http://cozyroc.com/

Answer 4

Don't know if it is just me, but Jamie T's search macro appears to be throwing an error...

Answer 5

the system.io namespace is one of the most common non-native .net namespaces implemented in ssis script tasks. it would behoove any serious ssis developer to become familiar with the classes in this namespace: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.aspx

 

hth

 

Answer 6

Microsoft SSIS Forum Support

 

SSIS Knowledgebase Articles

Answer 7

Awesome info!  Thanks

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John K. Knowledgy Solutions http://knowledgy.org/

Answer 8

an excellent set of video tutorials is at http://www.learnmicrosoftbi.com/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx

Answer 9

Great Info..

Answer 10

HI ALL,

This information is really helpful, and Thanks for all your contribution to this thread.

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SatBI

Answer 11

Very good info ..covers all the details..

Answer 12

Check out my Microsoft BI Introduction Videos blogpost at http://kferrier.blogspot.com/2009/10/microsoft-bi-introduction-videos.html. It has a video of Mike Hotek's presentation Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services 2008 given to the Oklahoma City SQL Server Developers Group this summer.

Answer 13

Thanks a lot, Very good information.

Answer 14

Great resources but seems need updating.

Answer 15

Great resources but seems need updating.

Such as?

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Answer 16

Few more links (didn't yet checked if already mentioned) could be found in http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/thread/e00f1cbb-794e-49fa-9977-f46f4ece798f thread.

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Answer 17

Another great tool for BI Developers released on codeplex.

BI xPress : (Package Builder, Auditing, Notification, Monitoring, Deployment and more ... )

http://pragmaticworks.com/products/Business-Intelligence/BIxPress/Overview.aspx

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Answer 18

Great resources overall but I was wondering if someone could put in a newer update. The user constitutions have been really helpful especially the BI developers tool on codeplex.

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Answer 19

Hi Phil, Todd or other moderators who have permission to edit this sticky post,

My colleagues and I have published about 20 FAQs in this forum in these days. Since you already have create this sticky post for resource collection, I do not want to create a new sticky post for indexing these FAQs. Could you please help add the following 20 threads into the FAQ list? Thank you very much!

How do I set a flat file name for flat file connection manager dynamically?
How do I use dynamic T-SQL in Lookup?
How do I use lookup transformation to load data incrementally?
How do I perform data type conversions in SSIS?
How do I create a folder for SSIS package in MSDB with T-SQL?
How do I resolve the error "Connection is busy with results for another command"?
How do I programmatically create a Transfer SQL Server Objects task?
How do I execute a stored procedure with a return value and an output parameter in an Execute SQL Task?
How do I use the Fuzzy Grouping transformation?
How do I use Integration Services to achieve Push-mode processing for Analysis Services?
How do read data from Excel 2007 with Integration Services 2005?
How do I upgrade my DTS packages to SSIS 2008 packages?
How do I troubleshoot SSIS packages failed execution in a SQL Agent job?
How do I track the error message when my SSIS package failed execution?
How do I troubleshoot a connection error regarding DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER ?
How do I troubleshoot SSIS package hanged for running?
How do I use SSIS to completely transfer my database including logins, users, and permissions from one server to another server?
How do I record log information in Script Component?
How do I create and deploy a SSIS custom task?
How do I improve package loading performance in BIDS when I open a package which is imported from another place?

 

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Answer 20

Collection of Tutorials and videos on MS SQL server.

Tutorials: http://www.dataminingtools.net/browsetutorials.php?tag=mss

Videos: http://www.dataminingtools.net/videos.php?id=3

Answer 21

For additional Learning resources, see the following Integration Services instructional videos. These videos apply to 2008 and 2008 R2 SSIS.

Designing Your SSIS Packages for Parallelism (SQL Server Video)

Measuring and Understanding the Performance of Your SSIS Packages in the Enterprise (SQL Server Video)

Understanding SSIS Data Flow Buffers (SQL Server Video)

Tuning Your SSIS Package Data Flow in the Enterprise (SQL Server Video)

Exporting SQL Server Data to Excel (SQL Server Video)

How to: Automate SSIS Package Execution by Using the SQL Server Agent (SQL Server Video)?

Troubleshooting: SSIS Package Execution Using SQL Server Agent (SQL Server Video)

How to: Implement a Lookup Transformation in Full Cache Mode (SQL Server Video)?

How to: Use the Data Profiling Task (SQL Server Video)?

Creating a Basic Package (SQL Server Video)

How to: Call a Web Service by Using the Web Service Task (SQL Server Video)?

 

Answer 22

hi! Do someone have source code of MSDN Architecture Webcast: Using SQL Server 2005 Integration Services to Populate a Kimball Method Data Warehouse (Level 200),Do tell plz

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Answer 23

Just popping in to say that SQL Server BI team now tweets @MicrosoftBI!

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Answer 24

good meat! thanks

Thanks

Bala

Answer 25

Thanks a lot  , Very important ;)

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Answer 26

Very useful information...Thanks Phil

 

check this out SQL Hosting I hope it will help!

 

Chaka

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Answer 27

A new SSIS 2008 (and SSIS 2008 R2) transformation component released:

Balanced Data Distributor

A short usage scenario:

This transform takes a single input and distributes the incoming rows to one or more outputs uniformly via multithreading.

download from

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ea0a1544-5ee4-4ad4-9d76-296d0632f162

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Arthur My Blog

Answer 28

Watch this video to see what is new in SSIS - Denali from Tech-Ed 2011

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/DBI317

 

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Thanks Ayyappan Thangaraj UG Lead, Puducherry, http://SQLServerRider.blogspot.com

Answer 29

SQL Server Community FAQs Free eBook published

Please note that this book is a collection of the most frequently asked questions and answers on the SQL Server related MSDN forums.

It also includes a good number of SSIS questions.

The complete post is here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlforum/archive/2011/06/10/sql-server-faqs-ebook-with-database-engine-ssrs-ssis-ssas-.aspx

And to just download the entire book - http://2.ly/k37f

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Arthur My Blog

Answer 30

Just for your information:

Apparently the automatic alerts on replies do not work on MSDN forums. The fix is coming, in the meanwhile use Alert Me when replying.

More info is there:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/thread/653f2e96-8679-431f-a32b-f5b93a762b42

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Arthur My Blog

Answer 31

Thanks, Arthur. I downloaded the PDF and it seems like a very good resource - I've checked the very first question right now.

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Answer 32

Yup this is nice :)

Got some interesting stuff there... thx

Answer 33

Good source of information...

--Learner..!!

http://letslearnssis.blogspot.com

 

Answer 34

Couple of 'add ons' created for the Foreach Loop:

• Foreach FTP File Enumerator 
• Foreach Sorted File Enumerator
• Foreach (Sorted) Folder Enumerator
• Foreach File Enumerator with Regular Expression filter

And a Task: File-in-use Task

And Transformations:

• Rownumber Transformation
• Checksum Transformation

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Answer 35

Thanks, good info

Answer 36

Hi,

                BIxPress has a lot of cool features that makes SSIS development easy. One example of a tool that makes BIxPress great is the Quick Config Editor. This tool that allows you to make multiple changes to configuration files. You have a grid view and an XML view. If you’re comfortable with editing XML then more power to you.

                The grid view however gives you only the information you need.  It gives you the configurable object name, property and value. Here you can change and save configuration property like server names all in one swoop. You can also make changes to multiple config files using a multi-select.

                                                                       

                BIxPress also has a search and replace feature which allows to search the configuration files for a specific name and replace with a new value.  For example, if you were to change Dev server name to a new production server name you could do it with the Search and Replace feature. For more product information go to www.pragmaticworks.com. 

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Answer 37

This is very useful for me.Can you share with us something more like this. Thanks. 

Answer 38

Hi,

The link at the DTS Related Questions is broken.

Regards,

Zoli