Knight's Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer
by Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Mike Davis, Wayne Snyder
Chapter 5
Exploring SQL Server Data Tools
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is a Visual Studio 2010 tool that helps you create, debug, and execute SSIS packages. When you’re a business intelligence developer, it can also help you create reports in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) or design cubes in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). You’ll be using SSDT extensively throughout this book, so it’s important that in this lesson, you learn everything you need to know to make your life easier in this critical environment.
You can open SSDT through the SQL Server 2012 program group. Depending on your PC, SSDT may take some time to open.
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\
devenv.exe” -NOSPLASH
The Solution Explorer
Once you create your project from Lesson 4, you’re ready to begin exploration of the environment. The most important pane, the Solution Explorer, is on the right. The Solution Explorer is where you can find all of your created SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages, shared connection managers, and ...
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