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Examining Package Basics<br />

Fully examining all the parts of an SSIS package and the uses of each piece can fill up the entire book on<br />

its own. (Indeed, there are many books dedicated to the subject.) But understanding at least the fundamentals<br />

is important to be able to make even the most basic use of Integration Services, so let’s take a<br />

look at the package that the Import/Export Wizard just created for us.<br />

Assuming you still have the Development Studio open (including the package we just created — if not, open<br />

that back up), you should have a fairly standard looking Visual Studio window up similar to Figure 18-9,<br />

with the exception of having some fairly Integration Services-oriented stuff in the main pane (as well as<br />

in the Connection Managers pane just below the main pane).<br />

Figure 18-9<br />

Chapter 18: Getting Integrated with Integration Services<br />

Before we explore the Integration Services panes, let’s focus first on the standard Visual Studio Solutions<br />

Explorer pane (by default, in the upper right. It was what we right-clicked to start the Import/Export<br />

Wizard). You should see two packages there. The first — simply titled Package.dtsx — was a default<br />

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