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Task Factory XML Destination
XML has become the defacto standard for information exchange across the web. The Task Factory SSIS XML Destination, one of the many components found in Pragmatic Works’ Task Factory suite, makes it...
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Task Factory Trim Plus Transform
In previous videos, we’ve looked at some of the other data cleansing operations Pragmatic Works’ Task Factory offers, such as address parsing and case correction. Another common data cleansing task is...
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Task Factory Surrogate Key Transform
When extracting data, you don’t always a natural key handy. Sometimes the nature of the data negates any built in key, or perhaps there’s just not one present. For these situations the Task Factory...
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Task Factory Delete Batch Transform
When working with data, I often need to delete rows, but only rows for a specific set of keys I’m working with. The Task Factory SSIS Delete Batch Transform, from Pragmatic Works makes this easy. In...
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Task Factory E-Mail Source
Of all the components in Task Factory, by far the coolest is the E-Mail Source. Using this nifty component you can actually pull your data into SSIS from an E-Mail! In this video you can see the...
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Task Factory Regular Expression Transform
If you are a Regular Expression guru, you’ve probably wished you could use Regular Expressions within your SSIS Packages. With the Task Factory SSIS RegEx Replace Transform, part of the Task Factory...
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Task Factory Data Cleansing Transform
In past videos we’ve looked at the various Data Cleansing Transforms available in Task Factory. We looked at the case transform, and saw how it could handle correcting capitalization errors. We saw how...
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Task Factory Data Validation Transform
Task Factory is a suite of SSIS components available from Pragmatic Works. In this video we’ll look at the Data Validation Transform. In past videos we looked at using the various Data cleansing...
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Task Factory Update Batch Transform
Task Factory is a suite of SSIS components available from Pragmatic Works. In this video we’ll look at the Update Batch Transform. Updating data can be a real pain. You either have to setup a special...
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Task Factory Dimension Merge Slowly Changing Dimension
For any ETL developer, updating dimensional data is the heart of what you do. Using out of the box SSIS components, however, is an unattractive proposition. You either had to use the built in SCD...
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SQL Saturday Atlanta #285–Everything You Ever Knew About SSIS Is Null and Void
For the SQL Saturday #285 in Atlanta, May 3rd 2014, I am presenting “Everything You Ever Knew About SSIS Is Null and Void”. You’ll find the presentation itself at:...
View ArticleTask Factory–SharePoint Destination
In a previous video we looked at the SharePoint Source component, one of the many components in Pragmatic Works Task Factory suite of SSIS tools. We saw how easy it was to extract data out of a...
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Task Factory–SalesForce.com Source and Destination
Over the course of the last month I have created video tutorials on the components that ship with Pragmatic Works Task Factory suite of SSIS components. There are two though, that unfortunately I’m not...
View ArticleThe Great Pragmatic Works Task Factory Round Up
Over the last month or so, I’ve been blogging about my companies (Pragmatic Works) cool suite of SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) add in tools called Task Factory. I did this mostly to learn...
View ArticleSSIS Training Resources
I’ve been asked to provide links to some useful resources for learning about SQL Server Integration Services. Below are a list of my favorite blogs, books, and other sites to learn from. A quick...
View ArticleUsing TFS2010 with Visual Studio / BIDS 2008 and SQL Server Management Studio
When I come to a customer site, I often have to help them get setup with TFS (Team Foundation Server) 2010, Microsoft’s source code control / ALM (application lifecycle management) system. This is so...
View ArticleCreating a Data Warehouse Date Id in Task Factory Advanced Derived Column...
The company I work for, Pragmatic Works, makes a great tool called Task Factory. It’s a set of transformations that plug into SQL Server Integration Services and provides a wealth of new controls you...
View ArticleSSIS tip for Lookup Transformations
The Lookup Transformation is a cornerstone of almost any SSIS package. The vast majority of packages that load Fact tables use Lookups extensively. Many of these lookups reference the same tables over...
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Importing MongoDB Data Using SSIS 2012
I have embarked on a little quest to learn other database platforms (especially NoSQL) as more and more of our clients at Pragmatic Works have them in their enterprise, and want to be able to import...
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SQL Server SSIS SSDT Error – Method Not Found:...
Every so often, especially when setting up a new virtual machine, at some point I get this error when working in SSIS: It happens often enough that, to be honest, I mostly wanted to make this as a...
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