A Crash-Course in Biml. Tim Mitchell, Principal Data Architect, Tyleris Data Solutions Moderated By: Cathrine Wilhelmsen

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1 A Crash-Course in Biml Tim Mitchell, Principal Data Architect, Tyleris Data Solutions Moderated By: Cathrine Wilhelmsen

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5 BIO Tim Mitchell Business Intelligence Consultant Principal, Tyleris Data Solutions Microsoft Data Platform MVP Data warehousing, ETL/SSIS, & reporting Blog: TimMitchell.net

6 Agenda Overview of Biml BimlScript Practical uses Language Overview Demos

7 About the presenter Tim Mitchell Business intelligence consultant Principal, Tyleris Data Solutions Microsoft Data Platform MVP

8 Overview of Biml Business Intelligence Markup Language User-friendly XML (really, stop laughing) to allow relatively easy design of BI assets in code

9 Overview of Biml Patterns-based development Faster development More consistent development Reliable development

10 Overview of biml Practical uses Simple staging Rapidly changing metadata Large number of similar packages Template engine

11 Overview of Biml Patterns-based development Multiple unique patterns with low repetition = not usually a good fit

12 Overview of Biml Can be used against SSIS packages/projects SSAS cubes supported (in commercial version)

13 Overview of Biml BIDS Helper Biml Express Biml Online Mist (commercial tool)

14 Overview of Biml Biml Code (XML) Biml interpreter (BIDS Helper) Independent Independent SSIS Independent SSIS Independent Packages SSIS Packages SSIS Packages Packages

15 Overview of Biml SSIS capabilities Containers Tasks Constraints (even multiple constraints) Expressions

16 Overview of Biml What it can t do Visual layout Comments (annotations)

17 BimlScript Biml +.NET programming = SSIS awesomeness Pattern-based development for massive package generation

18 BimlScript Any.NET object or behavior C# or VB.NET Intellisense, etc.

19 Language structure XSD file to define structure Collections Items

20 Language structure

21 Language structure Packages Collection of SSIS package objects Multiple packages per Biml file

22 Language structure Loops and containers Sequence containers Loops

23 Language structure Tasks Support for all valid SSIS tasks Precedence constraints

24 Language structure Data Flow Every source and destination available in SSIS Transformations

25 Language structure Data Flow Easy data lineage through automatic mapping Manual overrides

26 Language structure Variables and Parameters Define and set variables Expressions Create parameters and set defaults SSIS only

27 Language structure BimlScript Biml XML mixed with.net code

28 Language structure

29 Language structure <# Code Block #> Any.NET Code (C# or Visual Basic) <#= Inline Code Block #> Calls the.net ToString() method on the expression Cannot be a statement <#@ Directive #> Set configuration options <#+ Module Level Code Block #> Functions that are callable from within code block

30 Demos

31 Resources BimlOnline.com BIDS Helper: bidshelper.codeplex.com BimlScript library/forum: bimlscript.com

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