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You can create SSIS package to perform file related
operations like copy file or directory, create file or directory, delete file
or directory, rename file etc. You just need to drag File System Task item from
tool bar to control flow tab or simply double click on File System Task item from
tool bar. Double click on File System Task item it will open editor dialog
window. You can set source and destination connection properties based
on selected file operation. You
can see below the list of various file operations available to perform with file system
task.
Below is the File System Task editor dialog which displays
properties to be set to perform particular task. The available tasks for File
System Task are displayed in above image.
As per selected operation, you need to specify source and destination
connection or only specify source connection. You need to specify either
existing connection or create new connection. Below is the new file connection
dialog.
You can select usage type as create file, create folder,
existing file or existing folder. Specify file name with folder location. After setting all the parameters, you can execute package and your selected
file operation successfully completed.
Below is the video which explains how to create and execute file
system task with different file operations.
SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) is excellent component comes along
with SQL Server. SSIS is used to perform data migration task. This is also called
as ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) tool. In Data warehousing
applications, SSIS is used to perform various operations like importing/exporting
data from different sources, perform transformation on data, doing calculation etc.
To start with SSIS, Business Intelligence Development Studio
must be installed on your machine and make sure that SQL Server Integration
Service is running (Start->Run-> services.msc). After that you need to
create SSIS package first. Package is collection of control flow elements, data
flow elements, events handlers, variables and configurations. Package is unit
of work which can be debugged, executed and saved.
In this post, I will explain how to create simple SSIS
package using import export wizard. SSIS has many other features which I will
explain in my later posts.
Below are the steps and screenshots to create SSIS package
using Import Export wizard.
1. Open Import Export Wizard from Start -> SQL Server ->
Import Export Data or Open SQL Server Management Studio and write click on
database from which you want to export/import data select task and Export Data.
2. SQL Server Import and Export wizard opens
3. Select source of data. (In
below image I have selected SQL Server Data Source and AdventureWorks2008R2
database from where I want to export)
4. Select destination (In below image I have selected Flat File
as destination there are many other options available you can select as per
your requirement. You need to provide flat file name and if you want to see
column name on first row check below displayed checkbox.).
5. Select Table (you can select one or more table to export
data or write your own query)
6. Select Table from where you want to export data with row delimiter
and column delimeter.
Click on Edit Mappings button to select which column data
you want to export at your destination file.
Click on preview to see your data
7. Click on Save SSIS Package and File System.
8. Specify the location and name where you want to save SSIS
package in local drive.
9. Verify the choices made in wizard and click on finish.
10. Package will start executing and after completion of
execution check where package executed successfully or fails.
As per above image, package executed successfully and 504
rows transferred to flat file. See below image which shows column name in first
row and below comma separated data.
The similar way you can import data from any source to any
destination using Import and Export wizard.
Let’s have a look on created SSIS package. SSIS package has
.dtsx extension. In above exercise we have created package named
ProductPackage.dtsx. Double clicked on this file and it will open in Visual Studio see below
screenshot.
This image shows one data flow task created on control flow tab.
On double click that task you can reach to Data Flow tab and
it shows how data transfers from source to destinations.
You can also watch below video which demonstrate above mentioned all the steps and explains how create simple SSIS package using import export wizard.
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