December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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A Data Transformation Requirement
Let’s consider a true-life data export requirement that is best served by using SSIS. The requirement is for a small business intelligence data mart (on SQL Server 2012) to be spun off each week from the main OLTP database (also on SQL Server 2012) that addresses a product sales manager’s needs to see the total year-to-date business that a customer has generated. This data mart is merely a standard SQL Server database and tables that have been transformed (that is, aggregated) for a targeted purpose. As an option, the manager would also like to spin off an Excel version of this (or at least a comma-delimited .csv file for Excel), which will be distributed via email to all salespeople in the region. This overall ...