Creating High Quality Reports Using Excel, SSIS and the Primary Interop Assemblies - Video Series Video Category: Scripting and Using .NET Assemblies in SSIS Skill Level: 400 (Intermediate - Advanced) Versions/Editions Covered: SQL Server 2005 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 series: An overview of the process that you must go through to produce good looking 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) How to install the Office Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) for use in SSIS The PIA object model Garbage Collection to ensure you free your resources after referncing the PIAs Assigning variables, variables as data sources, SQL command from variable and much more NOTE: This video series requires knowledge 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

Videos in this Series:

Title Skill Length Download 1 - An Overview of Creating High Quality Reports Using Excel and SSIS   400 17 mins. Download 2 - Configuring Variables and Setting Up the Data Flow Task   400 11 mins. Download 3 - How to Install the Office Primary Interop Assemblies for Use in SSIS   500 17 mins. Download 4 - Writing Script Tasks in SSIS to Use the Office PIAs   500 19 mins. Download 5 - Finishing Our SSIS Package   500 11 mins. Download

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