Expert SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

As a practical guide for Integration Services ETL development, this book shows you ways to implement your ETL solution requirements from the data to the administration and everything in-between. Each chapter begins with a review of pertinent ETL concepts and moves into working those out into a design with multiple examples and related Integration Services features with the end goal of putting it all together to get a solution.
Developing data processing extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) solutions is now easier than ever with this practical guide. It shows you how to apply the components of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) to build an enterprise ETL application that scales and performs to your specifications. You'll not only learn how to design and implement the necessary architecture, you'll also find out how to utilize the proper administration techniques.
Written by two SQL Server MVPs, this book first provides you with all the background and foundation information you'll need on scripting and data extraction. It then takes you through the details of data warehousing ETL, error handling, administration, and data integration. By following this approach, you'll quickly discover how to take advantage of SSIS functionality to meet your data integration and processing requirements.
What you will learn from this book

— Powerful uses of scripting to develop more advanced applications —
All about the relational database transformation and loading methods for dimension and fact tables —
Steps for creating sophisticated solutions that easily handle processing errors —
Best practices for moving between your support and production environments —
Tips for leveraging SSIS features that make your migrated packages better —
How to design and tune your packages to achieve the most scalability
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced SQL Server database developers, architects, and administrators who want to build ETL applications using SSIS.
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