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Video: Tips on Documenting and Annotating Your SSIS Packages

  • ·Skill level: 100 (Beginner)
  • ·Run Time: 9:00
  • ·Instructor: Scott Whigham

Description:

This video covers the basics of documenting, printing, and annotating (i.e., marking up) your SSIS packages. You'll see more than the basics however, you'll also see a few best practices and common uses.

Highlights from this video:
  • Using the Text Annotations Effectively
  • Arranging and Formatting Your Annotations
  • Printing and Documenting Your Packages and Tasks
  • Formatting Your Text for Clear Documentation
  • Grouping and anchoring text
and much more

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Scott Whigham

Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio, and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries, and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most re... (Scott's full bio can be found here)

Chapter 2: Package Management - Security, Storage, Logging and Change Management
Tips on Documenting and Annotating Your SSIS Packages
2 Formatting Options in SSIS - How to Make Your Packages More Manageable
3 Troubleshooting SSIS: Identify and Repair Common Connection/Password Problems
4 Pt. 1 - An Overview of Package Logging and Auditing Options in SSIS
5 Pt. 2 - Understanding SSIS Logging and Using the Log Events Window
6 Pt. 3 - Using the Windows Event Log and Text File Log Providers
7 Pt. 4 - Using the SQL Server and SQL Profiler Log Providers
8 Pt. 5 - Using Filters, Understanding UseParentSettings, and More
9 Pt. 1 - How You Can Use Custom Log Providers to Log to HTML Web Pages and Email Using the SQL Server 2005 Sample Applications
10 Pt. 2 - Using the HtmlLogProvider Custom Log Provider to Log Package Data to a Web Page
11 Pt. 3 - How to Use the EmailLogProvider Custom SSIS Log Provider to Log Package Execution Data to Email
12 Pt. 1 - Understanding How 'Context' Works in SSIS Package Execution
13 Pt. 2 - Understanding Execution Context When Executing an SSIS Package As a Job
14 Pt. 3 - Using Proxies and Credentials When Scheduling Your SSIS Package As a SQL Server Job
15 Pt. 1 - What Are Package Configurations and How Can I Use Them?
16 Pt. 2 - How to Schedule a Job to Execute An SSIS Package Using Package Configuration Files
17 Pt. 3 - A Look at the Various Options Available in Package Configurations
18 How to Use Environment Variables In Your Package Configurations
19 How to Use SQL Server Tables to Store Your Package Configurations
20 Pt. 1 - How to Schedule an SSIS Package As a SQL Server Job
21 Pt. 2 - How to Execute An SSIS Package Stored in SQL Server (msdb) As a SQL Server Job
22 Pt. 3 - Using Package Configurations to Create Dynamic SSIS Package Jobs
23 Pt. 1 - An Overview of Package Deployment Options: File System and msdb Storage
24 Pt. 2 - What is the SSIS Package Store and How Can I Configure It?
25 Pt. 3 - Organizing Packages With Folders in the SSIS Package Stored and msdb; Final Thoughts
26 Pt. 1 - Understanding the SSIS Package ProtectionLevel Settings
27 Pt. 2 - Encryption, User Keys, Passwords and More SSIS ProtectionLevel Options
28 Pt. 3 - Corrupt Package Error Messages and Package Passwords
29 Part 1 - What Are Package Configurations and How Do You Use Them?
30 Part 2 - Using SQL Server Package Configurations in SSIS
31 Part 3 - Best Practices for Managing SSIS Package Configurations Stored in SQL Server (Pt. A)
32 Part 4 - Best Practices for Managing SSIS Package Configurations Stored in SQL Server (Pt. B)
33 Part 5 - Best Practices for Managing SSIS Package Configurations Stored in SQL Server (Pt. C)
34 Part 6 - SSIS Package Configurations: Import a Text File Using a SQL Server Package Configuration (Pt. A)
35 Part 7 - SSIS Package Configurations: Import a Text File Using a SQL Server Package Configuration (Pt. B)

NOTE: This video is part of our SQL Server 2005 Integration Services course.
This video is from Chapter 2: Package Management - Security, Storage, Logging and Change Management

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