Derived Column mmm date conversion

REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE([DateColumn],"Jan","01"),"Feb","02"),"Mar","03"),"Apr","04"),"May","05"),"Jun","06"),"Jul","07"),"Aug","08"),"Sep","09"),"Oct","10"),"Nov","11"),"Dec","12")

Last Refresh in Power BI

http://www.excelguru.ca/blog/2016/06/08/display-last-refreshed-date-in-power-bi/

Dealing with long text in ssas cube

How to place nvarchar data with max size in SSAS Cube 2012 version

In 2012 visual studio if we drag varchar (max ) attribute it automatically takes with data size zero.  And doesn't set any data size property for that attribute. So we have to add it manually in XMLA code . Right click on dimension->go to code mode  add data size property like belowone

<DataType>WChar</DataType>
<Data size>163315555</Data Size>

Folder expression

http://www.sqlservertorque.net/2009/10/using-backslash-in-ssis-expressions.html

use "\\" isntead of a single \ for a folder destination like c:\temp\

SSIS importing Excel based CSV

excel sheets exported to CSV can be inported to SSIS, but if a fields already contains comma, the package will read the csv structure wrong. In the text delimter field for the flat file manager, put in a double quotes ("), and it will work correctly.

Date formats - if doesn't work

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34025371/ssis-2012-date-formats-dmy-vs-mdy

Remember to use Conversion to convert string to dateformat - don't use derived column solely

Getting Sharepoint list into SSIS

Download the setup:

http://sqlsrvintegrationsrv.codeplex.com/releases/view/17652

Follow the guide if it doesn't appear as source/destination in your SSIS toolbox

http://dataqueen.unlimitedviz.com/2011/06/how-to-use-a-sharepoint-list-as-a-data-source-in-your-ssis-package/


Derived column:

TRIM( SUBSTRING( YOUR_COLUMN_NAME, FINDSTRING( YOUR_COLUMN_NAME, “;#”, 1 ) +2, 255)

example:
TRIM(SUBSTRING([Project ID*], FINDSTRING([Project ID*], ";#", 1 ) +2, 255) )


to clean ;# when Sharepoint list has lookups
http://www.viamacchina.com/2013/08/ssis-and-sharepoint-list-sources-with.html

or clean via script component:
http://microsoft-ssis.blogspot.nl/2010/12/do-something-for-all-columns-in-your.html

// This script adjusts the value of all string fields

using System;

using System.Data;

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper;

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper;

using System.Reflection;            // Added

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.SSISScriptComponentEntryPointAttribute]

public class ScriptMain : UserComponent

{

    //  Method that will be started for each record in you dataflow

    public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row)

    {

        // Use Reflection to loop through all the properties of Row:

        // Example:

        // Row.Field1 (String)

        // Row.Field1_IsNull (Boolean)

        // Row.Field2 (String)

        // Row.Field2_IsNull (Boolean)

        foreach (PropertyInfo p in Row.GetType().GetProperties())

        {

            // Do something for all string properties: Row.Field1, Row.Field2, etc.

            if (object.ReferenceEquals(p.PropertyType, typeof(string)))

            {

                // Use a method to set the value of each String type property

                // Make sure the length of the new value doesn't exceed the column size

                p.SetValue(Row, DoSomething(p.GetValue(Row, null).ToString()), null);

            }

        }

    }

  

    // New function that you can adjust to suit your needs

    public string DoSomething(string ValueOfProperty)

    {

        // Uppercase the value

        ValueOfProperty = ValueOfProperty.ToUpper();

        return ValueOfProperty;

    }

}




//other notes:




Make sure to install the sharepoint list addon on the server side as well, and ensure the sql server agent has access to the sharepoint site.

That can be done by making a credential (with you Windows Login), and then a SSIS Package Exection Proxy with that credential. But ensure that the sql server actually can access localpages on the LAN..




To get sql server agent account name in case you want to add it to sharepoint:




SELECT DSS.servicename, DSS.startup_type_desc, DSS.status_desc, DSS.last_startup_time, DSS.service_account, DSS.is_clustered, DSS.cluster_nodename, DSS.filename, DSS.startup_type, DSS.status, DSS.process_id FROM sys.dm_server_services AS DSS;




DSS.service_account = domain\username