SSIS Integration Services | Previous versions exercise | Using a variable to count dinosaurs imported from Excel

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Version ==> SSIS 2012 and later
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Create a new package called Dinosaur recount.  As the package name suggests, we're going to count the number of dinosaurs, so first create a variable called DinoCount to hold this information:

Dinosaur count variable

The variable to hold the number of dinosaurs.

 

Now create a data flow task for the package:

Data flow import from Excel

The data flow task will pipe the dinosaurs imported into a row count transformation, which should store the count of rows imported in the DinoCount variable.

 

Add a script control flow task which displays the number of dinosaurs found:

 Importing dinosaurs Message box showing result
The control flow ... ... and what it should show.

Don't forget to assign the DinoCount variable to the script task as a ReadOnly variable, so that you can access its value in code.

Close the package down!

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