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The assignment focuses on using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for ETL processes to create a database from multiple data files and generate an Excel report. Students are required to follow specific steps, including downloading files, creating a cover memo, and submitting a zipped file with their work. The assignment emphasizes the importance of data integration for business intelligence applications and encourages communication for assistance if needed.

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Module 03 Assignment

The assignment focuses on using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for ETL processes to create a database from multiple data files and generate an Excel report. Students are required to follow specific steps, including downloading files, creating a cover memo, and submitting a zipped file with their work. The assignment emphasizes the importance of data integration for business intelligence applications and encourages communication for assistance if needed.

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Module 03 Assignment

ETL with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Due Date: Check Course Calendar


Points: 100

PURPOSE:

Knowledge:
 Explain the importance of data integration to successful BI applications

Skills:
 Use SQL Server Integration Services to Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) data
 Create an Excel report from a created database

TASK:
1. Download the following file and unzip it into an appropriate place on your computer.

Assignment-03_files.zip

2. Follow the steps in the videos.


3. Follow the instructions in Cover Memo Instructions.docx and create a cover memo.
4. Zip up:
a. The SSIS solution
b. The Excel report
c. The Cover Memo
5. Name the zip file Xxxxx-Assignment-03.zip where Xxxxx is your last and first name. For example, I
would name the file FreebergCarl-Assignment-03.zip.

CRITERIA:
 Followed all the steps
 If you do not understand a question, did you ask for help from the teacher, a classmate, the
Discussion board, or a tutor?
 Included all the files in the zip file, named the file correctly, and submitted it via Canvas
 If you cannot complete the assignment, did you communicate with the teacher (before the due
date) so that he understands your situation?

Notes:
 The videos in this module provide a detailed guide to working with SSIS. You may want to follow
along step by step. There are a lot of steps! It is easy to get buried in the detail of all the steps
but please try to appreciate what each step is accomplishing.
 If you get too frustrated, post a question in Discussions.
Business Request:
The BC Director of Strategy and Effectiveness needs an easy way to run a report on courses offered at
BC. You decide that the most effective way to provide this is to create a database with the relevant
information. The data resides in multiple files and you decide to use an ETL tool (SSIS) to extract,
transform and load the data into a database. You will also help the director create the report she wants
by using Excel.

Assignment:
Create a SSIS project to extract data from multiple files, transform the data as needed, and load the data
into a database. After the data is loaded, run an Excel report by executing a SQL query from Excel.

Detailed Specification:
The finished Excel report should look like this:

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