New SQL Server Integration Services Video Tutorial: 1 - An Overview of Creating High Quality Reports Using Excel and SSIS

1 - An Overview of Creating High Quality Reports Using Excel and SSIS - view details

Periodically, we all get requests to create reports - it's a daily event for some developers and admins. A lot of times, the preferred format is Microsoft Excel. Did you know that you can create high quality (good looking) reports directly in SSIS? We're talking about reports that have pictures/logos, custom font schemes, colors, etc - high quality reports!

Highlights from this video:

• An overview of the process that you must go through to produce reports using Excel
  
• Previewing a complex report generated with SSIS
  
• When to use SSIS to build reports as opposed to using SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
  

and much more

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NOTE: This video and the remaining videos in this series require knowlede of:

• Visual Basic .NET
  
• Microsoft Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Excel XP
• A Basic Understanding of COM Interop
• Working Knowledge of the .NET Framework
• How to Build Data Flow Tasks
• How to Create and Assign Values to SSIS variables
• Creating Basic SSIS packages
  

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• Source: SSIS videos
• Category: Scripting and Using .NET Assemblies in SSIS
• Skill Level: 400 (Intermediate - Advanced)
• Length: 16:33 (15.2MB)
• Applies to Versions: SQL Server 2005
• Full Details

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Keywords Associated with this video: primary interop assembly, primary interop assemblies, Microsoft.Office, Microsoft.Office.Interop, , Microsoft.Office.Interop.Exc