1. Introduction to BIML & Bimlscript

2. Jeremy Marx Data Engineer President
12 Years Experience with SQL Server
Database Administration
Database Development
Data Movement/ETL

3. Our Bread and Butter Business Intelligence Data Management
Data Visualization
Planning & Architecture
Deployment & Delivery
Data Management
Custom Development
Data Integration
Database Administration
IT Infrastructure
Backup
Cloud
Networking
Servers
Storage

5. Demo Time

6. What are some ways Biml can help yoU?

7. Getting Started Install BimlExpress.
Work through BimlScript.com lessons.
Work through Stairway to BIML on SQLServerCentral.com.

8. Resources BimlScript.com Google: Stairway to BIML
- Ben Weissman
CathrineWilhelmsen.net/biml/
bi.sqlpass.org/PresentationArchive.aspx “Creating and Loading a Staging Environment from Scratch in an Hour with BIML” – Scott Currie
BidsHelper.codeplex.com
SQLCommunity.slack.com

9. Jeremy Marx Data Engineer President @jmarx jeremy.marx@gmail.com

11. Source code Control

12. Source code Control
Source Code is Machine- Generated XML

13. Source code Control
GUIDS

14. Source code Control
Design Elements

15. Source code Control
Object Coordinates

16. Source code Control
Source Code is Human-Readable XML

17. Source code Control
BIML is Diff- able, Controllable Code

18. Source code Control
Structure of BIML Allows Code Merging

19. Metadata

20. Metadata
Easy to View

21. Metadata
Difficult to Update and Maintain
It’s Everywhere!

22. Metadata
Inseparably Intertwined with Data Flows

23. Metadata
How Do You Keep Your Pipelines Clean?

24. Metadata
Pipelines Are
Always Fresh
Photo: Google/Connie Zhou

25. Code Documentation

26. Code Documentation
Annotations

27. Code Documentation
Free Floating

28. Code Documentation
Standard Code-Based Comments

29. Any More?
Unicode
Downgrading