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SSIS for Beginners Training Course

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

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

Classroom (London)
£1,350

Classroom (Manchester)
£995

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£825

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

You should have a basic knowledge of SQL Server to attend this course (you don't necessarily need to know how to write a SELECT statement, but you should have seen one before).

Course schedule

Here are our next few Introduction to SSIS course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
09-10 Dec	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
20-21 Jan	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
20-21 Feb	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
17-18 Mar	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
16-17 Apr	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	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

Introduction to SSIS training course contents

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) lets you automate the import, export and conversion of data. You can use SSIS to fill your data warehouse, import a batch of CSV files or Excel workbooks or just draw beautiful flow diagrams!

On this course you will learn how to:

Import and export data to/from Excel workbooks, CSV files and SQL Server and other databases
Understand and use variables and expressions in SSIS
Create transforms to split and combine data flows, as well as to add additional columns
Create lookup transforms allowing you to cleanse data
Use file system tasks to create, move, copy, rename and delete files and folders
Loop over files to automate the loading and cleansing of data

Refreshingly, this introductory course doesn't use a large, impenetrable Microsoft database, but instead just uses simple examples to illustrate real-world tasks.

The contents of this course are as follows:

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 if time

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

Please see further up this page for what you should know beforehand (if anything) in order to attend this course.

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
547 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 fantastic as was our trainer, who made it interesting and easy to follow. The range of topics we covered was extensive and we were even able to ask for help around our own PBI issues. Couldn't recommend the course enough! We chose the course as it offered a wide range of topics from visualizations to DAX, which was great for us as a team with varied PBI experience."

Samuel Meadows (Adidas UK)

"Our trainer was excellent, very patient, clear and responsive. Very good having the face to face training in our venue."

Juliette Summerfield (Volumatic Ltd)

"Great training, with an amazing trainer. He was extremely knowledgeable, kept the group fully engaged and made sure everyone was comfortable with the content. A great session"

Enmanuel Moreno Gomez (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG))

"Covered lots in the two days, clearly explained."

Amy Hilton (Cormar Carpets)

"A great teacher who made all the content simple and easy to follow. There was a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, the venue was really nice and the restaurant lunches were an added bonus! I learnt a lot and actually really enjoyed it at the same time. Would definitely recommend to others. The training came recommended by some colleagues who had been on it previously."

Lucy Moor (Department for Education)

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:

Reporting Services

Introduction

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Introduction to SQL

Basic

2 day course

Advanced SSIS RECOMMENDED

Advanced

2 day course

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SSIS for Beginners Training Course

Course schedule

Introduction to SSIS training course contents

SSIS basics

Data flow tasks

Using different data connections

Data viewers

Basic data transforms

Data conversion transforms

Variables and expressions

Debugging

Derived column transforms

Handling errors

Conditional split transforms

Lookup transforms

File system tasks

Looping over files

Importing multiple files

Looping over rows if time

Using parameter placeholders

Merge joins

Basic deployment

Using parameters if time

Why Choose Us?

What other people have said

How our training courses work

What you'll need

When you book a place

What you won't need

The start of the course

After the course

Related Courses

Reporting Services

Introduction to SQL

Advanced SSIS RECOMMENDED

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