SQL Server 2012 Integration Services teaches how to take advantage of the powerful extract, transform, and load (ETL) platform included with Microsoft SQL Server 2012. You’ll learn to build scalable, robust, performance-driven enterprise ETL solutions that save time and make money for your company. You'll learn to avoid common ETL development pitfalls and how to extend the power of your ETL solutions to include virtually any possible transformation on data from any conceivable source. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) facilitates an unprecedented ability to load data from anywhere, perform any type of manipulation on it, and store it to any source. Whether you are populating databases, retrieving data from the Web, or performing complex calculations on large data sets, SSIS gives you the tools to get the job done. And this book gives you the knowledge to take advantage of everything SSIS offers.

Includes index & Summary.

Introducing integration services -- BIDS and SSMS -- Hello world-your first SSIS 2012 package -- Connection managers -- Control flow basics -- Advanced control flow tasks -- Source and destination adapters -- Data flow transformations -- Variables, parameters, and expressions -- Scripting -- Events and error handling -- Data profiling and scrubbing -- Logging and auditing -- Heterogeneous sources and destinations -- Data flow tuning and optimization -- Parent-child design pattern -- Dimensional data ETL -- Building robust solutions -- Deployment model.