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The Biml Book

Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Automation

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Authors:
  1. Andy Leonard

    1. Farmville, USA

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  2. Scott Currie

    1. Greer, USA

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  3. Jacob Alley

    1. Simpsonville, USA

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  4. Martin Andersson

    1. Billeberga, Sweden

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  5. Peter Avenant

    1. Erina, Australia

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  6. Bill Fellows

    1. Kansas City, USA

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  7. Simon Peck

    1. Christchurch, New Zealand

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  8. Reeves Smith

    1. HIGHLANDS RANCH, USA

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  9. Raymond Sondak

    1. Voorburg, The Netherlands

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  10. Benjamin Weissman

    1. Nuernberg, Germany

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  11. Cathrine Wilhelmsen

    1. Hagan, Norway

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  • Authors include the creators of Biml and the BimlFlex Framework

  • Teaches you how to use Biml to reduce development time while improving quality

  • Provides practical and applicable examples

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. Learning Biml

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Biml Tools

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 3-26

    3. Introduction to the Biml Language

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 27-56

    4. Basic Staging Operations

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 57-92

    5. Importing Metadata

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 93-118

    6. Reusing Code, Helper Classes, and Methods

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 119-137

  3. Biml Frameworks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. A Custom Biml Framework

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 141-198

    3. Using Biml as an SSIS Design Patterns Engine

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 199-220

    4. Integration with a Custom SSIS Execution Framework

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 221-238

    5. Metadata Automation

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 239-263

    6. Advanced Biml Frameworks and BimlFlex

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 265-274

  4. Biml Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. Biml and Analysis Services

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 277-311

    3. Biml for T-SQL and Other Little Helpers

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 313-330

    4. Documenting Your Biml Solution

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 331-351

    5. Troubleshooting Metadata

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 353-371

    6. Troubleshooting Biml

      • Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows et al.
      Pages 373-387

  5. Appendices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 389-389
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About this book

Learn Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) for automating much of the repetitive, manual labor involved in data integration. We teach you how to build frameworks and use advanced Biml features to get more out of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Transact-SQL (T-SQL), and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) than you ever thought possible.


The first part of the book starts with the basics—getting your development environment configured, Biml syntax, and scripting essentials.

Whether a beginner or a seasoned Biml expert, the next part of the book guides you through the process of using Biml to build a framework that captures both your design patterns and execution management. Design patterns are reusable code blocks that standardize the approach you use to perform certain types of data integration, logging, and other key data functions. Design patterns solve common problems encountered when developing data integration solutions. Because you do not have to build the code from scratch each time, design patterns improve your efficiency as a Biml developer.


In addition to leveraging design patterns in your framework, you will learn how to build a robust metadata store and how to package your framework into Biml bundles for deployment within your enterprise.


In the last part of the book, we teach you more advanced Biml features and capabilities, such as SSAS development, T-SQL recipes, documentation autogeneration, and Biml troubleshooting.

The Biml Book:
  • Provides practical and applicable examples
  • Teaches you how to use Biml to reduce development time while improving quality
  • Takes you through solutions to common data integration and BI challenges

What You'll Learn

  • Master the basics of Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml)
  • Study patterns for automating SSIS package generation
  • Build a Biml Framework
  • Import and transform database schemas
  • Automate generation of scripts and projects


Who This Book Is For


BI developers wishing to quickly locate previously tested solutions, Microsoft BI specialists, those seeking more information about solution automation and code generation, and practitioners of Data Integration Lifecycle Management (DILM) in the DevOps enterprise




Authors and Affiliations

  • Farmville, USA

    Andy Leonard

  • Greer, USA

    Scott Currie

  • Simpsonville, USA

    Jacob Alley

  • Billeberga, Sweden

    Martin Andersson

  • Erina, Australia

    Peter Avenant

  • Kansas City, USA

    Bill Fellows

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

    Simon Peck

  • HIGHLANDS RANCH, USA

    Reeves Smith

  • Voorburg, The Netherlands

    Raymond Sondak

  • Nuernberg, Germany

    Benjamin Weissman

  • Hagan, Norway

    Cathrine Wilhelmsen

About the authors

​Andy Leonard is a Data Philosopher at Enterprise Data & Analytics. He also is an SSIS trainer, consultant, and developer. Andy is a Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) developer and BimlHero. He also is a SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. Andy is a co-author of SQL Server Integration Services Design Patterns, and author of Managing Geeks - A Journey of Leading by Doing.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biml Book

  • Book Subtitle: Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Automation

  • Authors: Andy Leonard, Scott Currie, Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows, Simon Peck, Reeves Smith, Raymond Sondak, Benjamin Weissman, … Cathrine Wilhelmsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3135-7

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Andy Leonard et al. 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3134-0Published: 31 October 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3135-7Published: 30 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 484

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 251 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Database Management

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