Tools and Tips: From Accidental to Efficient Data Warehouse Developer (Presented at SQLSaturday Gothenburg on August 27th 2016)

1. Tools and Tips:
From Accidental to Efficient
Data Warehouse Developer
Cathrine Wilhelmsen
August 27th 2016

2. Primary sponsors

3. The others…

4. Cathrine Wilhelmsen
@cathrinew
cathrinew.net
Data Warehouse Architect
Business Intelligence Developer

5. Experience?
T-SQL?
SSIS?
you?

6. once upon a time...

8. how I felt…

10. how I want to be...

12. SSMS
Queries
Biml for SSIS
what?

13. But first…

14. PASS and the SQL Server Community
PASS Summit
SQLSaturdays
24 Hours of PASS
Local Chapters
Virtual Chapters
passsummit.com
sqlsaturday.com
24hoursofpass.com
sqlpass.org
sqlug.se

16. Tip #1: Visual Information

17. Connection Colors

18. Status Bar and Tab Text

19. Results in Separate Tab

20. Tab Groups - Vertical

21. Tab Groups - Horizontal

22. Split one query in two windows

23. Tip #2: Shortcuts

24. Query Shortcuts

25. Keyboard Shortcuts
Assign shortcuts
you frequently use
Remove shortcuts you
accidentally click
(no more "ooops")
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174205.aspx

26. HOME END
PG UP PG DNCTRL ALT
SHIFT TAB
Magic keys!

27. CTRL R
Show / Hide Query Results

28. ALTSHIFT ENTER
Toggle Full Screen

29. TABCTRL
Cycle through windows

30. CTRL U
Change database

31. SHIFTALT
Column / Multi-Line Editing

32. CTRL K CTRL C
Comment Line
CTRL K CTRL U
Uncomment Line
Comment / Uncomment

33. CTRL SHIFT V
Last 20 text items copied are
saved in memory
Cycle through them to paste
the text you need
Clipboard Ring

34. Tip #3: Search in SSMS

35. Free Tool: Redgate SQL Search
red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-search/

36. Free Tool: Redgate SQL Search

37. Redgate SQL Search
ApexSQL Search
SSMS Tools Pack (Licensed)
SSMS Boost
SQL Hunting Dog
red-gate.com
apexsql.com
ssmstoolspack.com
ssmsboost.com
sql-hunting-dog.com
Tools: Search in SSMS

38. Tip #4: Templates and Snippets

39. Template Browser
Drag & Drop Templates
Create Templates
CTRL ALT T
Templates

40. Replace Template Parameters with actual values
CTRL SHIFT M
Template Parameters

41. CTRL K CTRL X
Insert Snippet
CTRL K CTRL S
Surround With Snippet
Snippets

42. Redgate SQL Prompt (Licensed)
ApexSQL Complete / Refactor
SSMS Tools Pack (Licensed)
SSMS Boost
Poor Man's T-SQL Formatter
dbForge SQL Complete (Licensed)
SQL Formatter
red-gate.com
apexsql.com
ssmstoolspack.com
ssmsboost.com
poorsql.com
devart.com/dbforge
sql-format.com
Advanced Snippets and Formatting

43. Redgate SQL Prompt Demo

44. Tip #5: Registered Servers and
Multiserver Queries

45. Registered Servers
Save and group servers
Is the server running?
Multiserver Queries
View Registered Servers
CTRL ALT G

46. Manage services from SSMS

47. Multiserver Queries

48. Multiserver Queries

49. Tip #6: SARGable Queries

50. SARGable Queries
"The query can efficiently seek using an index to find
the rows searched for in WHERE or JOIN clauses"
Compare it to finding a person in a phone book
(…let's just pretend we still use phone books…)

51. SARGable Queries
Adama, Lee
Adama, William
Agathon, Karl
Baltar, Gaius
Dualla, Anastasia
Gaeta, Felix
Henderson, Cally
Roslin, Laura
Thrace, Kara
Tigh, Saul
Tyrol, Galen
Valerii, Sharon
Find all rows where Name starts with 'T'

52. SARGable Queries
Adama, Lee
Adama, William
Agathon, Karl
Baltar, Gaius
Dualla, Anastasia
Gaeta, Felix
Henderson, Cally
Roslin, Laura
Thrace, Kara
Tigh, Saul
Tyrol, Galen
Valerii, Sharon
Find all rows where Name starts with 'T'

53. Non-SARGable Queries
"The query has to scan each row in the table to find
the rows searched for in WHERE or JOIN clauses"
Compare it to finding a person in a phone book
(…let's just keep pretending we still use phone books…)

54. Non-SARGable Queries
Adama, Lee
Adama, William
Agathon, Karl
Baltar, Gaius
Dualla, Anastasia
Gaeta, Felix
Henderson, Cally
Roslin, Laura
Thrace, Kara
Tigh, Saul
Tyrol, Galen
Valerii, Sharon
Find all rows where Name contains 'al'

55. Non-SARGable Queries
Adama, Lee
Adama, William
Agathon, Karl
Baltar, Gaius
Dualla, Anastasia
Gaeta, Felix
Henderson, Cally
Roslin, Laura
Thrace, Kara
Tigh, Saul
Tyrol, Galen
Valerii, Sharon
Find all rows where Name contains 'al'

56. WHERE LEFT(Name,1,1) = 'T'
WHERE YEAR(EpisodeDate) = 2005
WHERE EpisodeDate >= '20050101'
AND EpisodeDate < '20060101'
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

57. WHERE LEFT(Name,1,1) = 'T'
WHERE YEAR(EpisodeDate) = 2005
WHERE EpisodeDate >= '20050101'
AND EpisodeDate < '20060101'
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

58. WHERE Name LIKE 'T%'
WHERE Name LIKE '%al%'
WHERE LEFT(Name,1,1) = 'T'
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

59. WHERE Name LIKE 'T%'
WHERE Name LIKE '%al%'
WHERE LEFT(Name,1,1) = 'T'
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

60. WHERE CAST(EpisodeDate AS DATE) = '20050114'
WHERE CONVERT(CHAR(6),EpisodeDate,112) = '200501'
WHERE YEAR(EpisodeDate) = 2005
WHERE EpisodeDate >= '20050101'
AND EpisodeDate < '20060101'
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

61. WHERE CAST(EpisodeDate AS DATE) = '20050114'
WHERE CONVERT(CHAR(6),EpisodeDate,112) = '200501'
WHERE YEAR(EpisodeDate) = 2005
WHERE EpisodeDate >= '20050101'
AND EpisodeDate < '20060101'
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

62. WHERE Survivors < 40000
WHERE @Survivors BETWEEN Survivors-1000
AND Survivors+1000
WHERE Survivors BETWEEN @Survivors-1000
AND @Survivors+1000
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

63. WHERE Survivors < 40000
WHERE @Survivors BETWEEN Survivors-1000
AND Survivors+1000
WHERE Survivors BETWEEN @Survivors-1000
AND @Survivors+1000
SARGable or Non-SARGable?

64. sqlbits.com/Sessions/Event7/Understanding_SARGability_to_make_your_queries_run_faster

65. Tip #7: Query Analysis

66. Execution Plans
Display Estimated Execution Plan
CTRL L
Include Actual Execution Plan
CTRL M

67. Execution Plans
See how a query will be executed:

68. Details in Tooltips

69. Details in Properties

70. Free Tool: SQL Sentry Plan Explorer
sqlsentry.com/products/plan-explorer

71. Free Tool: SQL Sentry Plan Explorer
answers.sqlperformance.com

72. red-gate.com/books
Free Book: SQL Server Execution Plans
by Grant Fritchey

73. Live Query Statistics
Include Live Query Statistics

74. Live Query Statistics
Include Live Query Statistics

75. Tip #8: Query Statistics

76. Statistics IO
SET STATISTICS IO OFF;
SET STATISTICS IO ON;

77. Statistics Time
SET STATISTICS TIME OFF;
SET STATISTICS TIME ON;

78. Statistics Time and IO
SET STATISTICS TIME, IO ON;
SET STATISTICS TIME, IO OFF;

79. Free Tool: Statistics Parser
statisticsparser.com
by Richie Rump

80. Client Statistics
Include Client Statistics
SHIFT SALT

81. Client Statistics
Compare multiple query executions:

82. Tip #9: Activity Monitoring

83. sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic
Free Script: sp_WhoIsActive
By Adam Machanic

84. Free Script: sp_WhoIsActive
sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic
By Adam Machanic

85. Tip #10: SSIS with Biml

86. …what do you need me to do after lunch?
Of course I can create 200 SSIS Packages!

87. Business Intelligence Markup Language
Easy to read and write XML language
Generate SSIS packages from metadata

88. What do you need?
Free add-in for SSDT
bidshelper.codeplex.com

89. …or you can use the new Biml tools
Free add-in for SSDT
varigence.com/bimlexpress
Free online Biml editor
bimlonline.com

90. Create many SSIS packages from one Biml file
How does it work?

91. Biml for SSIS demo

92. Where can I learn more?
Free online training
bimlscript.com

93. …BimlBreak the rest of the week 
Biml on Monday…

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95. @cathrinew
cathrinew.net
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