Data Flow tasks are one of the most powerful and versatile components of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), a platform for building and managing data integration and transformation solutions.

This image shows a Data Flow Task in an SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) package named Package.dtsx, designed for loading a CSV file into a database. Below is a breakdown of each component and ...

Using SSIS's graphical designer, the task is straightforward, if not entirely intuitive. Create an Integration Project with a Data Flow Task Create a new project.

Locate the data reader task icon and drag it to the control flow window. Double-click the icon to launch the advanced editor. Select "MySQLDB" in the Connection Manager column.

These tasks will extract data from source systems, transform it (e.g., cleaning, aggregating, merging), and load it into the data mart. Control Flow: Design the control flow to manage the order of ...

Drag and drop a “Data Flow Task” from the Toolbox to the Control Flow Design Pane. Add Data Flow Items. Double click on the Data Flow Task item that you just added and it will take you to the Data ...

I'm trying to take an XML document and dump the contents into a table. Not as XML using the SQL Server 2005 XML datatype, but as the parsed data values into a table with a column for each element ...

Database Maintenance Tasks in SSIS. Tools for keeping your SQL indexes in check. By Eric Johnson; 05/10/2010; Do you have a large data import that leaves your indexes less than perfect?

Using the FTP Task in an SSIS Package. Pulling data from different sources is easy. One of the easiest is via the FTP Task. By Eric Johnson; 05/17/2010; When designing SSIS packages, you will find ...