Data Profiling is necessary when trying to gain an understanding of a given data set. A data profiling assessment should begin before any reporting or application development work begins. My video will demonstrate how to create a basic SSIS Data Profiling Task using SQL Server Data Tools.

According to the DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge:

“Before making any improvements to data, one must be able to distinguish between good and bad data…. A data analyst may not necessarily be able to pinpoint all instances of flawed data. However, the ability to document situations where data values look like they do not belong provides a means to communicate these instances with subject matter experts, whose business knowledge can confirm the existences of data problems.”

Here is additional information direct from Bill Gates’s former startup outfit regarding the types of data profiling tasks available in SSIS: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb895263.aspx

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