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MS2795 - Designing an ETL Architecture Using Microsoft SQL 2005

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*************Please see the custom replacement course - LRS-SSIS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) as we do not have MS2795 on our schedule.******************** The purpose of this 2-day instructor-led course is to teach Business Intelligence (BI) professionals working in enterprise environments to design an extract, transform, and load (ETL) solution that supports their BI solution. Students will learn how to plan an ETL solution, and specifically how to design and implement a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) based ETL solution. They will also learn how to monitor, optimize, and deploy an SSIS solution.

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must: • Have hands-on experience with database development tasks. For example: • Creating Transact-SQL queries • Writing and optimizing advanced queries (for example, queries that contain complex joins or subqueries) • Creating database objects such as tables, views, and indexes • Have foundational conceptual understanding of data warehousing, data marts, and Business Intelligence. Students must be well versed on the subjects of data warehousing, data marts, and BI, and preferably have read at least one book by Ralph Kimball or Bill Inmon. • Have a conceptual understanding of ETL processes. • Be familiar with SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies. In particular, they must have built an SSIS package. • Have foundational understanding of Microsoft Windows security. For example, how groups, delegation of credentials, and impersonation function in a security context. • Have foundational understanding of Web-based architecture. For

Detailed Class Syllabus

Module 1: Planning for ETL

In this module, Students will learn how to plan the way in which data will be transferred and staged in an ETL solution.

Identifying Data Sources and Destinations

Evaluating Source Data

Identifying Staging Requirements

Lab 1: Planning an ETL Solution

Identifying ETL Requirements

Examining the Source Data

Designing a Staging Environment

Module 2: Planning an SSIS Solution

In this module, students will learn how to plan an SSIS-based ETL solution. Specifically, they will learn how to plan SSIS packages, how to plan an effective package development process, and how to design the control flow within the packages.

Planning Packages

Planning Package Development

Designing Package Control Flow

Lab 2: Implementing SSIS Packages

Designing an SSIS Solution

Plan package development.

Design package control flow.

Module 3: Designing Data Flow

In this module, students will learn how to design data flows that extract, transform, and load data. They will also learn about factors to consider when working with slowly changing dimensions (SCDs) and when implementing custom SCD transformations.

Understanding Data Flow

Designing Data Flow Operations

Handling Data Changes

Lab 3: Implementing Data Flow

Designing Data Flow

Implementing Data Flow

Module 4: Logging, Error Handling, and Reliability

In this module, students will learn how to incorporate logging, error handling, and reliability into your SSIS package designs. The module covers standard logging, custom logging, and log reporting. The module also teaches students how to implement error handling and how to handle bad data. Finally, the module shows students how to implement a transaction strategy, use checkpoints, and handle restarts and rollbacks.

Logging ETL Operations

Handling Errors in SSIS

Implementing Reliable ETL Processes with SSIS

Lab 4: Implementing Reliable Packages

Implementing Logging

Implementing Error Handling

Implementing Transactions and Checkpoints

Module 5: Optimizing an SSIS Solution

In this module students will learn how to monitor and optimize SSIS performance. They will also learn how to scale-out SSIS packages

Monitoring SSIS Performance

Optimizing SSIS Packages

Scaling Out SSIS Packages

Lab 5: Optimizing Packages

Monitoring SSIS

Optimizing an SSIS Package

Module 6: Deploying and Operating an SSIS Solution

This module describes considerations for deploying an SSIS solution into a production environment. It also discusses some of the issues related to operations and management that you must consider when planning an SSIS solution.

Deploying SSIS Packages

Operating an SSIS Solution

Lab 6: Deploying and Managing Packages

Deploying an SSIS Solution

Backing Up an SSIS Package