From Packages to Projects: Leveraging the Power of the SSIS Catalog

Introduction

SSIS Catalog, also known as SSIS DB, is a database in the SQL Server that works as central repository for managing and executing SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages and projects. This makes the process of managing packages and back up easier.

SSIS Catalog supports project deployment model that allows version control and simplified deployment process of entire project instead of individual packages. We can also integrate with SQL Server Agent for scheduling and automating package execution. Additionally, we can implement SQL Server security to control access to packages, environments, and ensuring secure execution.

Create SSIS Catalog

First open the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to check if SQL Server is up and running. Then connect to the SQL Server instance where we want to create the SSIS Catalog.

Once it opened, right-click on the Integration Services Catalog option and then select Create Catalog from navigation.

In below graphical view, we can see this highlighted in green.

After hitting on "Create Catalog" it will open "Catalog Creation Wizard” like below shown in the screenshot.

Now we will fill all the required details to proceed further.

• Enable the checkbox for “Enable CLR Integration”
• Enable the checkbox for “Enable automatic execution”
• Provide Name and Password for the Catalog database. Now hit on the “OK” button.

Below screenshot shows all the required information filled highlighted in green.

Once you hit on the “OK” button, SSISDB Catalog will be created under the Integration Services Catalogs. Now SSISDB Catalog ready to store all the SSIS related information. Now we can see on below screenshot highlighted in green a newly created SSISDB database.

Conclusion

In today’s article, we’ve learned about SSIS Catalog, why it’s used and how to create it. In summary, it helps developers and administrators to deploy, configure and monitor SSIS packages and projects. Hope you found this article useful. Look forward for your comments/suggestion in the section below.