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3-day fast track Integration Services (SSIS) course

Three days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

This course is available in the following formats (all prices exclude VAT):

Classroom (London)
£1,995

Classroom (Manchester)
£1,695

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£1,350

You can book a place on this course either online through this website, by phone, by email or by filling in our enquiry form.

Although you don't need any knowledge of SQL Server to attend this course, you will find life easier if you know how to write a basic SQL statement. What you must have, however, is a very good aptitude for computing (the course's three days will pass very slowly if you don't!).

Course schedule

Here are our next few Fast track SSIS course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
20-22 Jan	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,350	Book
12-14 Mar	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,350	Book
12-14 May	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,350	Book
16-18 Jul	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,350	Book
10-12 Sep	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,350	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider booking your own customised onsite course, whereby you get to pick the dates and venue!

Course Contents - PDF

Fast track SSIS - Course Contents

For most people our two-day introduction to SSIS course will suffice to meet their Integration Services training needs, but to cater for those who want to hoover up as much knowledge as possible in as short a time as possible we've created this three-day intensive SSIS course, including units also from our advanced SSIS course. Go from zero to SSIS hero in three intensive days!

This fast-track course combines topics from the following other Wise Owl courses:

From our INTRODUCTION TO SSIS course

SSIS basics

Solutions and projects
Basic packages
Control and data flow tasks
The 32-bit question

Data flow tasks

Connection managers
Sources and destinations

Using different data connections

SQL Server (OLEDB)
Connecting to Excel workbooks
New and existing flat files
Multiple flat files

Data viewers

Attaching data viewers
Data buffers

Basic data transforms

Sorting and aggregating
Sampling data
Dividing and uniting data

Data conversion transforms

The SSIS data types
Unicode and ASCII data
Type cast functions

Variables and expressions

The Row Count transform
User and system variables
Expression tasks

Debugging

Setting breakpoints
The Locals window

Derived column transforms

SSIS expressions
Using SSIS functions
Using the conditional operator

Handling errors

Redirecting and ignoring errors
Truncation errors

Conditional split transforms

Splitting data by expression
Using comparison operators
Syntax for multiple conditions

Lookup transforms

Redirecting unmatched rows
Choosing a cache mode
Setting unmatched rows to Unknown
Adding unmatched rows automatically

File system tasks

Working with files
Working with folders

Looping over files

The file name variable
Configuring the loop
Expression constraints

Importing multiple files

Using expressions for connections
Dynamic connections within loops

Looping over rows

Object variables
Reading in data
Looping over ADO rows
Dynamic connection strings

Using parameter placeholders

Using the ? Symbol
Mapping parameters

Merge joins

How they work
Comparing two data sets

Basic deployment

Project-level deployment
Creating a catalog
Deploying and viewing in SSMS

Using parameters if time

Package and project parameters
Using parameters in expressions
Deploying parameters
Why to avoid environments

From our ADVANCED SSIS course

A quick C# primer

Writing methods
Using variables
Using namespaces

Script tasks

Message boxes
Setting return status

Variables in script

Passing variables in/out
Referencing in code

Script components

Input and output flows
Manipulating values in script

Sending mail if time

Limitations of the Send Mail task
The System.Mail namespace
Sending emails in code

Accessing file attributes if time

FileInfo and DirectoryInfo
Accessing file properties
Filtering by file date/time

Logging and auditing if time

Logging to text files
Logging to SQL Server
Audit transforms

Events

Creating an event
Pre- and post-execute events
Error-handling using events

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
551 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

Proper restaurant lunch included

And some benefits specific to online training:

Courseware manual posted to you in advance
Free half-hour pre-course check-up included
Our clever system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

What other people have said

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts. All of the following reviews are from the last 3 calendar years:

"The course was brilliant. The trainer clearly knew his stuff and there was obviously a lot of effort that had gone into the resources. I really enjoyed myself."

David Wilson (Liquid Logic (System C))

"The class size was ideal. The trainer provided a thoughtful and entertaining experience, and was clearly well prepared. Remotely signing in was seamless. I needed proper training on SQL, having had to self-teach for several months."

Alexander Mason (Capel Manor College)

"Thoroughly enjoyed the two days that we spent with the instructor! He was incredibly enthusiastic and seemed to thrive from the enthusiasm that we showed. His wealth of knowledge on the subject of VBA, the ease to which he could write it, and finally how he was able to deliver, made for a very impressive display! Would highly recommend."

Nathan Simmonds (ReAssure UK Services Limited)

"Really good course & great that it is such a small group. I have previously attended in-person Wise Owl courses before. The online course worked really well (just a couple of tiny interruptions when people dropped out or sound lost). Taking the time to check the set up ahead of time & being able to have the pack posted to me was great. "

Catherine Turnbull-Ross (Fairhive Homes Ltd)

"I really enjoyed the course. The pace was great, moving at a consistent speed whilst making sure everyone was keeping up and understanding everything. I was also glad we jumped straight in at the start of each session and didn't spend forever doing pointless 'ice breakers' at the start (this was once 50 mins on another course I did!!). The breaks were perfectly timed and very much appreciated to keep my concentration levels up and give us a chance to digest each section. Our trainer was friendly and made me feel comfortable to ask questions and didn't make anyone feel silly for doing anything wrong. The content was great and covered a good range of things that I will be using. I liked the set up with the trainer being able to see our screens as well as us being able to see his. It all worked very smoothly! I had no knowledge of Power BI so needed an introductory course. I would very much be interested in the advanced course later in the year once I've practiced. Thank you for the great session and helping me resolve my IT/connection issues before the course!"

Donna Sahni (Look Ahead Care and Support)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

How our training courses work

Below are some notes on how Wise Owl courses work, to help you decide whether they're for you or not.

What you'll need

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

What you won't need

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed. This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

The start of the course

For online courses you will be able to join up to half an hour before the course begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

For classroom training it's always nice if people arrive a bit early too, to give people time to meet each other (and drink coffee).

You'll be given a full colour courseware manual, an exercise booklet to go with the course and a USB stick for taking course files away (we'll post all this to you for online courses).

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

Related Courses

You might like to consider these related courses:

Introduction to SSIS

Basic

2 day course

Advanced SSIS RECOMMENDED

Advanced