Question 6 of 102
You are designing a strategy for an enterprise reporting solution that uses SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
Many of the SSRS reports will use common utilities and functions, including the following:
✑ Report utility functions and business logic in code
✑ Standardized report formatting properties such as fonts and colors for report branding
Formatting may change and new functions may be added as the reporting solution evolves.
You need to create a strategy for deploying the formatting and code across the entire enterprise reporting solution. You must also ensure that reports can be easily updated to reflect formatting and function changes.
What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
Many of the SSRS reports will use common utilities and functions, including the following:
✑ Report utility functions and business logic in code
✑ Standardized report formatting properties such as fonts and colors for report branding
Formatting may change and new functions may be added as the reporting solution evolves.
You need to create a strategy for deploying the formatting and code across the entire enterprise reporting solution. You must also ensure that reports can be easily updated to reflect formatting and function changes.
What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
Correct Answer: D
Question 7 of 102
DRAG DROP -
You are designing a dataset for a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report.
The report includes the report items displayed in the following graphic.
The dataset is sourced from a commonly used stored procedure in an inventory data mart hosted in a SQL Azure database.
It returns the status for all products across all storage sites. The report must display data for the storage site that is selected by the Site report parameter. You cannot change the stored procedure code.
You need to filter the dataset to use only data specific to the selected site.
How should you configure the filter?
To answer, drag the appropriate expression or expressions to the correct location or locations in the answer area. (Answer choices may be used once, more than once, or not all.)
Select and Place:
You are designing a dataset for a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report.
The report includes the report items displayed in the following graphic.
The dataset is sourced from a commonly used stored procedure in an inventory data mart hosted in a SQL Azure database.
It returns the status for all products across all storage sites. The report must display data for the storage site that is selected by the Site report parameter. You cannot change the stored procedure code.
You need to filter the dataset to use only data specific to the selected site.
How should you configure the filter?
To answer, drag the appropriate expression or expressions to the correct location or locations in the answer area. (Answer choices may be used once, more than once, or not all.)
Select and Place:
Correct Answer:
Note:
To set a filter on the dataset -
1. Open a report in Design view.
2. Right-click a dataset in the Report Data pane and then click Dataset Properties. The Dataset Properties dialog box opens.
3. Click Filters. This displays the current list of filter equations. By default, the list is empty.
4. Click Add. A new blank filter equation appears.
) button.
Box 1: Here we use the Fields expression.
6. From the drop-down box, select the data type that matches the type of data in the expression you created in step 5.
7. In the Operatorbox, select the operator that you want the filter to use to compare the values in the Expressionbox and the Valuebox. The operator you choose determines the number of values that are used from the next step.
Box 2: we test for equality.
8. In the Valuebox, type the expression or value against which you want the filter to evaluate the value in Expression.
Box 3: we compare to the value of the Parameter named Site.
9. Click OK.
Reference: How to: Add a Filter (Reporting Services)
To set a filter on the dataset -
1. Open a report in Design view.
2. Right-click a dataset in the Report Data pane and then click Dataset Properties. The Dataset Properties dialog box opens.
3. Click Filters. This displays the current list of filter equations. By default, the list is empty.
4. Click Add. A new blank filter equation appears.
) button.
Box 1: Here we use the Fields expression.
6. From the drop-down box, select the data type that matches the type of data in the expression you created in step 5.
7. In the Operatorbox, select the operator that you want the filter to use to compare the values in the Expressionbox and the Valuebox. The operator you choose determines the number of values that are used from the next step.
Box 2: we test for equality.
8. In the Valuebox, type the expression or value against which you want the filter to evaluate the value in Expression.
Box 3: we compare to the value of the Parameter named Site.
9. Click OK.
Reference: How to: Add a Filter (Reporting Services)
Question 8 of 102
HOTSPOT -
You are designing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package configuration strategy.
The package configuration must meet the following requirements:
✑ Include multiple properties in a configuration.
✑ Support several packages with different configuration settings.
You need to select the appropriate configuration.
Which configuration type should you use?
To answer, select the appropriate option from the drop-down list in the dialog box.
Hot Area:
You are designing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package configuration strategy.
The package configuration must meet the following requirements:
✑ Include multiple properties in a configuration.
✑ Support several packages with different configuration settings.
You need to select the appropriate configuration.
Which configuration type should you use?
To answer, select the appropriate option from the drop-down list in the dialog box.
Hot Area:
Correct Answer:
Note:
Package Configuration Types -
The following table describes the package configuration types.
* SQL Server table
A table in a SQL Server database contains the configuration. The table can include multiple configurations.
* XML configuration file
An XML file contains the configurations. The XML file can include multiple configurations.
* Environment variable
An environment variable contains the configuration.
* Registry entry
A Registry entry contains the configuration.
* Parent package variable
A variable in the package contains the configuration. This configuration type is typically used to update properties in child packages.
Reference: Package Configurations
Package Configuration Types -
The following table describes the package configuration types.
* SQL Server table
A table in a SQL Server database contains the configuration. The table can include multiple configurations.
* XML configuration file
An XML file contains the configurations. The XML file can include multiple configurations.
* Environment variable
An environment variable contains the configuration.
* Registry entry
A Registry entry contains the configuration.
* Parent package variable
A variable in the package contains the configuration. This configuration type is typically used to update properties in child packages.
Reference: Package Configurations
Question 9 of 102
You are designing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) solution. The solution will contain an SSIS project that includes several SSIS packages. Each SSIS package will define the same connection managers and variables.
You have the following requirements:
✑ Ensure that the deployment model supports changing the content of connection strings by using parameters at execution time.
✑ Ensure that the deployment model automatically starts from calls to the catalog.start_execution stored procedure in the SSISDB database.
✑ Maximize performance at execution time.
✑ Minimize development effort.
You need to design a solution that meets the requirements.
What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
You have the following requirements:
✑ Ensure that the deployment model supports changing the content of connection strings by using parameters at execution time.
✑ Ensure that the deployment model automatically starts from calls to the catalog.start_execution stored procedure in the SSISDB database.
✑ Maximize performance at execution time.
✑ Minimize development effort.
You need to design a solution that meets the requirements.
What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
Correct Answer: A
Question 10 of 102
DRAG DROP -
You are creating a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package to populate a fact table from a source table. The fact table and source table are located in a
SQL Azure database. The source table has a price field and a tax field. The OLE DB source uses the data access mode of Table.
You have the following requirements:
✑ The fact table must populate a column named TotalCost that computes the sum of the price and tax columns.
✑ Before the sum is calculated, any records that have a price of zero must be discarded.
You need to create the SSIS package in SQL Server Data Tools.
In what sequence should you order four of the listed components for the data flow task? (To answer, move the appropriate components from the list of components to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Select and Place:
You are creating a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package to populate a fact table from a source table. The fact table and source table are located in a
SQL Azure database. The source table has a price field and a tax field. The OLE DB source uses the data access mode of Table.
You have the following requirements:
✑ The fact table must populate a column named TotalCost that computes the sum of the price and tax columns.
✑ Before the sum is calculated, any records that have a price of zero must be discarded.
You need to create the SSIS package in SQL Server Data Tools.
In what sequence should you order four of the listed components for the data flow task? (To answer, move the appropriate components from the list of components to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Select and Place:
Correct Answer:
Box 1: Ole DB Source -
Box 2: Conditional Split -
Disregard lines with a 0 sum.
Box 3: Derived column -
Box 4: Ole DB Destination -
Note:
* You configure a Data Flow task by adding components to the Data Flow tab. SSIS supports three types of data flow components:
Sources: Where the data comes from
Transformations: How you can modify the data
Destinations: Where you want to put the data
* Creating a data flow includes the following steps:
/ Adding one or more sources to extract data from files and databases, and add connection managers to connect to the sources.
/ Adding the transformations that meet the business requirements of the package. A data flow is not required to include transformations.
Some transformations require a connection manager. For example, the Lookup transformation uses a connection manager to connect to the database that contains the lookup data.
/ Connecting data flow components by connecting the output of sources and transformations to the input of transformations and destinations.
/ Adding one or more destinations to load data into data stores such as files and databases, and adding connection managers to connect to the data sources.
/ Configuring error outputs on components to handle problems.
At run time, row-level errors may occur when data flow components convert data, perform a lookup, or evaluate expressions. For example, a data column with a string value cannot be converted to an integer, or an expression tries to divide by zero. Both operations cause errors, and the rows that contain the errors can be processed separately using an error flow.
/ Include annotations to make the data flow self-documenting.
* The capabilities of transformations vary broadly. Transformations can perform tasks such as updating, summarizing, cleaning, merging, and distributing data.
You can modify values in columns, look up values in tables, clean data, and aggregate column values.
* The Data Flow task encapsulates the data flow engine that moves data between sources and destinations, and lets the user transform, clean, and modify data as it is moved. Addition of a Data Flow task to a package control flow makes it possible for the package to extract, transform, and load data.
A data flow consists of at least one data flow component, but it is typically a set of connected data flow components: sources that extract data; transformations that modify, route, or summarize data; and destinations that load data.
Box 2: Conditional Split -
Disregard lines with a 0 sum.
Box 3: Derived column -
Box 4: Ole DB Destination -
Note:
* You configure a Data Flow task by adding components to the Data Flow tab. SSIS supports three types of data flow components:
Sources: Where the data comes from
Transformations: How you can modify the data
Destinations: Where you want to put the data
* Creating a data flow includes the following steps:
/ Adding one or more sources to extract data from files and databases, and add connection managers to connect to the sources.
/ Adding the transformations that meet the business requirements of the package. A data flow is not required to include transformations.
Some transformations require a connection manager. For example, the Lookup transformation uses a connection manager to connect to the database that contains the lookup data.
/ Connecting data flow components by connecting the output of sources and transformations to the input of transformations and destinations.
/ Adding one or more destinations to load data into data stores such as files and databases, and adding connection managers to connect to the data sources.
/ Configuring error outputs on components to handle problems.
At run time, row-level errors may occur when data flow components convert data, perform a lookup, or evaluate expressions. For example, a data column with a string value cannot be converted to an integer, or an expression tries to divide by zero. Both operations cause errors, and the rows that contain the errors can be processed separately using an error flow.
/ Include annotations to make the data flow self-documenting.
* The capabilities of transformations vary broadly. Transformations can perform tasks such as updating, summarizing, cleaning, merging, and distributing data.
You can modify values in columns, look up values in tables, clean data, and aggregate column values.
* The Data Flow task encapsulates the data flow engine that moves data between sources and destinations, and lets the user transform, clean, and modify data as it is moved. Addition of a Data Flow task to a package control flow makes it possible for the package to extract, transform, and load data.
A data flow consists of at least one data flow component, but it is typically a set of connected data flow components: sources that extract data; transformations that modify, route, or summarize data; and destinations that load data.