In a Managed Instance, the SQL Agent job history is fixed at 1000 records or 100 records per job. This isn’t configurable like a regular SQL Server install. So how can we maintain a history of these if we want to retain those records? There are 3 approaches which could be worth considering. Two of […]
Configuring SSIS projects or packages can necessitate parametering information which may include sensitive values such as authentication details. Parameters are stored as plain text in the database by default. We’ll demonstrate how to protect these values using Sensitive parameters. The problem With a SSIS project deployed, our parameters are stored in plain text in the […]
Yep it’s more SSIS again this week. Here we’ll be looking at using Environment configuration within the SSIS catalog. This allows sets of parameters to be defined and used across multiple projects and packages which share common values. This approach can either be used as a central point for configuration, or you could use multiple […]
Last week we looked at project parameters in SSIS to help us configure our projects. This can help us to tailor the project to the package its in for example. Here we’ll look at using Configurations within Visual Studio to manage those parameters for multiple environments. Configuring parameters We’ll start out with the project used last time […]
Last week we looked at configuring SSIS packages using package configuration. This week we’ll look at another approach for configuration: Project Configuration Project Configuration is the standard way to configure projects. This took over from the legacy approach which we looked at last week. This method allows us to share common parameters and connections across an […]
Configurations for Integration Services packages allow us to tailor their execution without needing to redeploy. There are two main ways to manage these configurations – Package Configuration and Project Configuration. In this post we’ll look at the Package Configuration approach. Package deployment The ability to use Package Configuration is only available when the project is […]
Last week we looked at identifying object dependencies through performing a wildcard search on the objects such as procedures. I noted another option could be to use the views such as sys.sql_expression_dependencies and Kevin also commented about using the supporting functions such as sys.dm_sql_referencing_entities. I wanted to briefly look at both of these options and look at how their results can […]
When looking to migrate, consolidate or deprovision parts of a SQL solution it’s key to understand the dependencies on the objects inside. Identifying dependencies can be challenging and I wanted to demonstrate one way to approach this. We’ll start with some objects across a couple of databases: The simplest option to find references within a […]
I’ve recently been reviewing SSIS packages to make some performance fixes and needed a way to validate the results of those changes. I thought I’d share the scripts as they may be useful for others. Rather than relying on run times from the SQL Agent running the packages I wanted to dive deeper into the […]
Within SSIS you can make use of custom components which aren’t present out of the box. An example of some would be the Azure Feature Pack if you’re working with cloud resources. These will let us use features not available natively. They can also provide a challenge down the line when we come to deploy changes to […]
Andy Brownsword 