Naming conventions are good as it
makes it easier for us to read the existing packages. It is a way to give the name of the package
or component on proper format or stander format. When somebody sees the package
or components they will understand easily the purpose of the package.
Prefix-based Naming Convention for SSIS Components
SSIS package
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Package
File Name
|
It is
the physical DTSX file.
|
Descriptive
name as per organization convention
|
Name
(in Properties window)
|
It is
the package identification name in the project. Can be different from the
physical file name. This name shows up in the logging.
|
SSIS-
|
Connection Managers
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
ADO
|
Connects
to ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) objects.
|
ADO_CONN-
|
ADO.NET
|
Connects
to a data source by using a .NET provider.
|
ADONET_CONN-
|
CACHE
|
Reads
data from the data flow or from a cache file (.caw), and can save data to the
cache file.
|
CACHE_CONN-
|
EXCEL
|
Connects
to an Excel workbook file.
|
EXCEL_CONN-
|
FILE
|
Connects
to a file or a folder.
|
FILE_CONN-
|
FLATFILE
|
Connect
to data in a single flat file.
|
FLATFILE_CONN-
|
FTP
|
Connect
to an FTP server.
|
FTP_CONN-
|
HTTP
|
Connects
to a Web server.
|
HTTP_CONN-
|
MSMQ
|
Connects
to a message queue.
|
MSMQ_CONN-
|
MSOLAP100
|
Connects
to an instance of SQL Server Analysis Services or an Analysis Services
project.
|
MSOLAP100_CONN-
|
MULTIFILE
|
Connects
to multiple files and folders.
|
MULTIFILE_CONN-
|
MULTIFLATFILE
|
Connects
to multiple data files and folders.
|
MULTIFLATFILE_CONN-
|
OLEDB
|
Connects
to a data source by using an OLE DB provider.
|
OLEDB_CONN-
|
ODBC
|
Connects
to a data source by using ODBC.
|
ODBC_CONN-
|
SMOServer
|
Connects
to a SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) server.
|
SMOServer_CONN-
|
SMTP
|
Connects
to an SMTP mail server.
|
SMTP_CONN-
|
SQLMOBILE
|
Connects
to a SQL Server Compact database.
|
SQLMOBILE_CONN-
|
WMI
|
Connects
to a server and specifies the scope of Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) management on the server.
|
WMI_CONN-
|
ORACLE
|
Connects to an Oracle <version
info> server.
|
ORACLE_CONN-
|
SAPBI
|
Connects to an SAP NetWeaver BI
version 7 system.
|
SAPBI_CONN-
|
TERADATA
|
Connects to a Teradata <version
info> server.
|
TERADATA_CONN-
|
Any custom connection
|
Connects to a custom source.
|
<Custom Source>_CONN-
|
Integration Services Containers
Container
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Runs a control flow repeatedly by
using an enumerator.
|
FELC-
|
|
Runs a control flow repeatedly by
testing a condition.
|
FLC-
|
|
Group’s tasks and containers into
control flows that are subsets of the package control flow.
|
SEQC-
|
|
Provides services to a single task.
|
<Not applicable>
|
|
Group Container
|
Group’s tasks and containers into
control flows that are subsets of the package control flow.
|
<Not applicable>
|
Integration Services Tasks
Data Flow Task
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Data Flow Task
|
The task that runs data flows to
extract data, apply column level transformations, and load data.
|
DFT-
|
Data Preparation Tasks
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
File System Task
|
These tasks do the following
processes: copy files and directories; download files and data; run Web
methods; apply operations to XML documents; and profile data for cleansing.
|
FST-
|
FTP Task
|
FTPT-
|
|
Web Service Task
|
WEBSVCT-
|
|
XML Task
|
XMLT-
|
|
Data Profiling Task
|
DPROFT-
|
Workflow Tasks
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Execute Package Task
|
The tasks that communicate with
other processes to run packages, run programs or batch files, send and
receive messages between packages, send e-mail messages, read Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI) data, and watch for WMI events.
|
EPKGT-
|
Execute Process Task
|
EPRCST-
|
|
Message Queue Task
|
MSGQT-
|
|
Send Mail Task
|
SMAILT-
|
|
WMI Data Reader Task
|
WMIDRT-
|
|
WMI Event Watcher Task
|
WMIEWT-
|
SQL Server Tasks
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Bulk Insert Task
|
The tasks that access, copy,
insert, delete, and modify SQL Server objects and data.
|
BULKINST-
|
SSIS Execute SQL Task
|
ESQLT-
|
|
Transfer Database Task
|
TFRDBT-
|
|
Transfer Error Messages Task
|
TFRERRMSGT-
|
|
Transfer Jobs Task
|
TFRJOBT-
|
|
Transfer Logins Task
|
TFRLGNT-
|
|
Transfer Master Stored Procedures
Task
|
TFRMSPROCT-
|
|
Transfer SQL Server Objects Task
|
TFRSQLOBJT-
|
Scripting Tasks
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Script Task
|
The tasks that extend package
functionality by using scripts.
|
SCRIPT-
|
Analysis Services Tasks
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Analysis Services Execute DDL Task
|
The tasks that create, modify,
delete, and process Analysis Services objects.
|
SSASEDDLT-
|
Analysis Services Processing Task
|
SSASPRCST-
|
|
Data Mining Query Task
|
SSASDMQRYT-
|
Maintenance Tasks
Any other custom tasks not shipped
with the BIDS.
Type
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Back Up Database Task
|
The tasks that perform
administrative functions such as backing up and shrinking SQL Server
databases, rebuilding and reorganizing indexes, and running SQL Server Agent
jobs.
|
BKUPDBT-
|
Check Database Integrity Task
|
CHKDBINT-
|
|
Execute SQL Server Agent Job Task
|
EAGNTJOBT-
|
|
Execute T-SQL Statement Task
|
ETSQLSTMT-
|
|
History Cleanup Task
|
HISTCLT-
|
|
Maintenance Cleanup Task
|
MAINTCLT-
|
|
Notify Operator Task
|
NTFYOPT-
|
|
Rebuild Index Task
|
RBLDIDXT-
|
|
Reorganize Index Task
|
RORGIDXT-
|
|
Shrink Database Task
|
SHRINKDBT-
|
|
Update Statistics Task
|
UPDST-
|
|
Custom Tasks
|
<Custom>T- |
Integration Services Sources
Built-in Connection Sources
Source
|
Description
|
naming prefix
|
Consumes data from a .NET Framework
data provider.
|
ADONET_SRC-
|
|
Extracts data from an Excel file.
|
EXCEL_SRC-
|
|
Extracts data from a flat file.
|
FLATFILE_SRC-
|
|
Consumes data from an OLE DB
provider.
|
OLEDB_SRC-
|
|
Extracts raw data from a file.
|
RAWFILE_SRC-
|
|
Uses script to extract, transform,
or load data.
|
SCRIPT_SRC-
|
|
Extracts data from an XML file.
|
XML_SRC-
|
|
Oracle Source
|
The Oracle source is the source
component of the Microsoft Connector for Oracle by Attunity.
|
ORACLE_SRC-
|
SAP BI Source
|
The SAP BI source is the source
component of the Microsoft Connector for SAP BI.
|
SAPBI_SRC-
|
Teradata Source
|
The Teradata source is the source
component of the Microsoft Connector for Teradata by Attunity.
|
TERADATA_SRC-
|
Any custom source
|
Custom source component.
|
<Custom Source>_SRC-
|
Integration Services Destinations
Destination
Destination
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
Loads data into a variety of
ADO.NET-compliant databases that use a database table or view.
|
ADONET_DEST-
|
|
Trains data mining models.
|
DMMODTRN_DEST-
|
|
Exposes the data in a data flow by
using the ADO.NET DataReader interface.
|
DREADER_DEST-
|
|
Loads and processes an SQL Server Analysis
Services dimension.
|
DIMPRCS_DEST-
|
|
Writes data to an Excel Workbook.
|
EXCEL_DEST-
|
|
Write data to a flat file.
|
FLATFILE_DEST-
|
|
Loads data using an OLE DB
provider.
|
OLEDB_DEST-
|
|
Loads and processes an Analysis
Services partition.
|
PTNPRCS_DEST-
|
|
Writes raw data to a file.
|
RAWFILE_DEST-
|
|
Creates an ADO recordset.
|
RECSET_DEST-
|
|
Uses script to extract, transform,
or load data.
|
SCRIPT_DEST-
|
|
Inserts rows into a SQL Server
Compact database.
|
SQLCE_DEST-
|
|
Bulk inserts data into a SQL Server
table or view.
|
SQL_DEST-
|
|
Oracle Destination
|
The Oracle destination is the
destination component of the Microsoft Connector for Oracle by Attunity.
|
ORACLE_DEST-
|
SAP BI Destination
|
The SAP BI destination is the
destination component of the Microsoft Connector for SAP BI.
|
SAPBI_DEST-
|
Teradata Destination
|
The Teradata destination is the
destination component of the Microsoft Connector for Teradata by Attunity.
|
TERADATA_DEST-
|
Any custom destination
|
Custom destination component.
|
<Custom Destination>_DEST-
|
Integration Services Transformations
Business Intelligence Transformations
Transformation
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
The transformation that configures
the updating of a slowly changing dimension.
|
SCD_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that
standardizes values in column data.
|
FZGRP_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that looks up
values in a reference table using a fuzzy match.
|
FZLKP_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that extracts
terms from text.
|
TMEXT_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that looks up terms
in a reference table and counts terms extracted from text.
|
TMLKP_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that runs data
mining prediction queries.
|
DMQRY_TRFM-
|
Row Transformations
Transformation
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
The transformation that applies
string functions to character data.
|
CHARMAP_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that adds copies
of input columns to the transformation output.
|
COPYCOL_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that converts
the data type of a column to a different data type.
|
DCONV_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that populates
columns with the results of expressions.
|
DRVCOL_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that inserts
data from a data flow into a file.
|
EXPCOL_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that reads data
from a file and adds it to a data flow.
|
IMPCOL_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that uses script
to extract, transforms, or load data.
|
SCRIPT_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that runs SQL
commands for each row in a data flow.
|
OLEDBCMD_TRFM-
|
Rowset Transformations
Transformation
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
The transformation that performs
aggregations such as AVERAGE, SUM, and COUNT.
|
AGG_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that sorts data.
|
SORT_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that creates a
sample data set using a percentage to specify the sample size.
|
PRCNTSAM_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that creates a
sample data set by specifying the number of rows in the sample.
|
ROWSAM_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that creates a
less normalized version of a normalized table.
|
PIVOT_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that creates a
more normalized version of a nonnormalized table.
|
UNPIVOT_TRFM-
|
Split and Join Transformations
Transformation
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
The transformation that routes data
rows to different outputs.
|
CSPLIT_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that distributes
data sets to multiple outputs.
|
MLTCAST_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that merges
multiple data sets.
|
UNIONALL_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that merges two
sorted data sets.
|
MRG_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that joins two
data sets using a FULL, LEFT, or INNER join.
|
MRGJOIN_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that looks up
values in a reference table using an exact match.
|
LKP_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that writes data
from a connected data source in the data flow to a Cache connection manager
that saves the data to a cache file. The Lookup transformation performs
lookups on the data in the cache file.
|
CACHE_TRFM-
|
|
Balanced Data Distributor Transformation
|
The Balanced Data Distributor takes a single input and distributes
the incoming rows to one or more outputs uniformly via multithreading. It is
available for download at Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Balanced
Data Distributor.
|
BALDIST_TRFM-
|
Any custom transformation
|
Custom transformation component.
|
<Custom Transformation>_TRFM-
|
Auditing Transformations
Transformation
|
Description
|
Naming Prefix
|
The transformation that makes
information about the environment available to the data flow in a package.
|
AUDIT_TRFM-
|
|
The transformation that counts rows
as they move through it and stores the final count in a variable.
|
ROWCNT_TRFM-
|
