Chapter 47. SSIS configurations management

Andy Leonard

SQL Server Integrations Services (SSIS) is a wonderful platform for migrating data around and between enterprises. SSIS ships with many powerful features and functionalities. One of the most powerful is package configurations.

Package configurations allow data integration developers to externalize SSIS package values. When software facilitates a separation between modules, or between code and configurable options, the application is described as decoupled. Decoupling is an important principle and best practice for developing object-oriented software.

Externalizing SSIS package values adds flexibility to a data integration solution and promotes code reuse. For example, an SSIS package ...

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