Accelerate SSIS Development
and improve performance from
within Microsoft Visual Studio
(BIDS)

Auditing Framework
BI xPress offers easy way to add rich auditing features in converted packages using
custom auditing framework developed by Pragmatic Works. This Auditing
Frameworks uses all Native SSIS features and it can track packages in real-time.
Auditing Framework comes with lots of predefined reports which can give you some
valuable information. There is no 3rd party component/service required to capture
auditing information. Once you apply auditing framework to selected packages using
BI xPress they are fully auditable no matter how you run it or where you run it. You
can also easily turn on/off auditing for selected packages using BI xPress.

You can audit the following information using reports provided with Auditing
Framework (Note: Use Report Viewer Application to view auditing data.)
Which packages are currently running and which task is running inside the package
Historical package execution detail for selected date range (i.e. Run time, Errors,
Warnings etc.)
Error and Warning by Task and Package
Run time by Task and Package
Extracted and Loaded Records along with their source and target information (e.g.
Table/View, Sql Query, File Name, Component Name, Data Flow Name, Connection
String etc.).
Run time Trend for several days/weeks/years by Package and Task
Error/Warning/ Trend by Package and Task
Extract/Load Trend by Package, DataFlow
Extract/Load Trend by Data Object (e.g. File, Table/View or Sql Query)

SSIS Package Deployment
BI xPress offers intuitive GUI to deploy packages to File System or SQL Server (When
packages stored in MSDB). You can launch standalone BI xPress application or use
Visual Studio right-click option to deploy multiple packages. Deployment wizard
offers various options to customize your deployment as listed below.
Deploy SSIS Packages to SQL Server, SSIS Store or File System (Bi-Directional
Transfer supported using Left/Right arrows) .
Deploy Config files associated with packages along with packages.
Change Config File location for target packages during deployment.
Change Protection Level for target packages during deployment.
Open selected Packages in Visual Studio using single click without creating Projects.
Use keyboard shortcuts to copy/paste packages/config files from source->target or
target->source
Visual Studio Integration (deploy single or multiple packages for Project or
Solution).

Notification Framework
If you are responsible for SSIS packages monitoring then this option will be extremely
useful. You no longer have to modify control flow to track success/failure on each task. BI
xPress offers an easy way to enable Email/SMS alerts so you can receive alerts on certain
events (i.e. Error/Success/Success/Completion) to your cell phone/blackberry/PDA
without any manual coding. Again there is no 3rd party component/service required to
send alerts.
Here is the list of some important features of Notification Framework
Configure email notification for single or multiple recipients.
Configure Text Messaging for Cell/PDA/Blackberry for single or multiple phone (Major
wireless service providers around the globe supported).
Configure alerts for one or more events which includes OnError, OnWarning, OnSuccess or
OnCompletion.
Filter certain warnings/errors.
All settings are stored in config file so you can easily change Notification settings without
modifying packages.
Visual Studio Integration (enable/disable notification for single or multiple packages of
Project or Solution).

Visual Studio Integration (2005, 2008)
BI xPress comes with visual studio integration support which means all your
favorite BI xPress features can be applied single or multiple packages in your
project using single right click menu.

Pragmatic Works
Robert Peterson
rpeterson@pragmaticworks.com
904-638-2392