Online Training

3-day fast track Integration Services (SSIS) course

Live online training course - classroom version also available

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

Our Introduction to SSIS course will be enough for most people, but it has one big omission - it doesn't cover script components or script tasks. For most people this won't be a problem, but if you do want to discover how to program data and control flow tasks in C#, this three-day fast-track course might be the one for you! Please only consider booking onto this course if you're comfortable learning new software quickly, otherwise you won't enjoy your three days ...

Course schedule

Here are our next few online Fast track SSIS course dates:

Dates	Times	Price (excl. VAT)
21-23 Jun	09:30-16:30	£995	Book
15-17 Sep	09:30-16:30	£995	Book
23-25 Nov	09:30-16:30	£995	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider creating your own customised online course to run on a date convenient to you).

Course Contents

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

Covered if time allows If time

Using parameters

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

Covered if time allows If time

Sending mail

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

Covered if time allows If time

Accessing file attributes

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

Covered if time allows If time

Logging and auditing

Logging to text files
Logging to SQL Server
Audit transforms

Events

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

You can download a PDF file giving the course contents.

Benefits of our online training

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl online courses:

Maximum of 5 people per class
Excellent colour courseware manual posted to you in advance
Pre-course set-up included in the days before the course
No need to install any software on your computer
All courses given by one of our 6 Wise Owl trainers
548 references viewable online

What other people have said

Many thanks to those listed below for kindly agreeing to let us use their names. All of the reviews are from the last 3 calendar years (although some may be for classroom courses):

"I really liked the approachability and friendliness in the communication coming up to the course. During the course the instructor quickly adjusted to the pace I was able to go at and so we had a chance to cover a lot of content with good understanding. I really feel like I not only learnt some DAX formulas but also understood the underlying context and the way the DAX language operates. The course was very insightful, demanding but fun as well. I'd recommend it to anyone. I really appreciated the ability to run the course face to face amid all other restrictions and other schools cancelling their courses. The course content was very relevant to what I needed and the course itself didn't disappoint at all."

Justyna Wolczyk (Atos)

"It was great to have such flexible content and to have all our questions answered in depth."

Matthew Clarke (Xpedite GoC)

"Pre-course organisation was excellent. The online experience itself was generally very good. There was a lot of material to cover in the course - the course materials and take-aways will help cement my learning in the coming weeks. Trainer was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and extremely patient and helpful."

Pat Watt (Skills Development Scotland (SDS))

"I thought the course was very good and our trainer was excellent in leading us. He went at the perfect pace and allowed us to contribute but also question anything and he didn’t move on until we all were happy. I think as a group we got lots out of it to take forward and we are all looking forward to putting what we learnt into practice. I think what would be great is the potential for an intermediate course once we have found our feet with what we learnt from the beginner course. Also, the actual course literature was great too and it's nice to have something comprehensive to refer back to, to support us in implementing what we took from the course and that’s in addition to being able to keep the actual work we did on the course. "

Steve Taylor (Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust)

"Very interesting and relevant course. Lots of useful information, now need to practice. Recommendation came from a colleague."

Joanne Hobbs (Cobalt Housing)

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How our live online training courses work

We've published a full summary of what it's like to attend a Wise Owl course online - here are the main things you need to know.

What you'll need

You'll need three things for the course:

A computer (obviously) running Windows.
A good internet connection.
A microphone and (ideally) webcam.

In addition you'll find the course very difficult without an additional monitor (so that you can participate in the course on one screen, and use the software you're learning on the other).

What will happen when you book a place

Within a few hours of your booking a place on one of our online courses, we'll be in touch to get you set up correctly. This usually takes about half an hour, and can be done at any mutually convenient date/time.

A few days before your course begins you'll receive a parcel in the post (free for UK bookings) containing:

A full colour courseware manual;
An exercise booklet to go with the course; and
A USB stick containing the files for the course, should you need a back-up.

Your parcel will even include a Wise Owl Sheaffer biro (they're good; trust us) and pad.

What you won't need

You won't need to install any software at all on your computer. 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; and
we use Teams for our online training, which you can run through most modern browsers.

On and after the course

On the day of the course itself you will be able to join the course up to half an hour before it begins. This will give you time to:

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

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

You can see full details of exactly how our online courses work here.