Ssis - data conversion

i am getting error in data flow task as below, how to fix it.
Error: Column "A12" cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode string data types.

Hi,
Did you try using a data conversion task??
check :
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1393/import-excel-unicode-data-with-sql-server-integration-services/
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3046/sql-server-integration-services-data-type-conversion-testing/
Thanks,
Jay
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Data conversion

Hi,
What does a data conversion mean. We are doing a full cycle implementaion.
For example in Cost center accouting do we need to create cost center hierarchy structure as well as all the cost centers master data under the cost center groups or just need to create just the hierarchy not need to create the cost center master day will it be created while they do the data conversion.
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How to catch failed rows from excel export data conversion

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Hi teahou,
do you really use two accounts to post on the MSDN forums?
I think the data types were not guessed correctly by the Flat File Destination component and thus you need to adjust them using the advanced editor, then naturally the data conversion transformations become obsolete.
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Data Conversion and Derived Column issues

I have a strange issue occurring with one of my SSIS packages.
What needs to happen:
I have to read data from a table that stores a field in NCHAR(40)
Send it through a Data Cleansing SSIS Component that forcefully outputs the data at a cleansed state as DT_STR(50)
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from 50 to 40.
The Data Conversion Component fails when I try to set the incoming data (DT_STR(50)) to DT_WSTR(40):
[Data Conversion [186]] Error: Data conversion failed while converting column "MD_Address1" (97) to column "_MD_Address1" (190). The conversion returned status value 2 and status text
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I also tried a combination of Data Conversion (From DT_STR(50) to DT_WSTR(50)) and a Derived Column just casting to the correct size, but that didn't work either.
Every time I try to change the size, one of the components fail.
It appears that my issue has nothing to do with the data types, but the actual data length.
Why can't SSIS CAST my input from 50 to 40?
What do I need to do to cast/convert data from DT_STR(50) to DT_WSTR(40)?

Hi IgorSantos_FL,
It is the expected behavior when we try to convert DT_STR(50) (means maximum 50 characters in the value) to DT_WSTR(40) (means maximum 40 characters in the value). However, the truncation issue should not occur if you convert DT_STR(50) to
DT_WSTR(50). Could you post the error message that you received when converting DT_STR(50) to DT_WSTR(50)? It may be a different issue.
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Unable to Merge after Data Conversion

I read entry with the similar solution of adding a script component after the data conversion, but I am not finding all the properties that were referenced in that solution. Was this perhaps on a 2005 SSIS job?
I never saw a way to set the script component as Asynchronous. I was only given the choices of None or input (Input 0) for the SynchronousInputID property of the output. The only column having a SortKeyPosition is the Input Column and that property
is grayed out. I did not find a way to "add an override for ProcessInputRow". It looks like there is a method Output0Buffer.AddRow that is called from somewhere in the script, but all the method stubs have been removed. So is there
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I don't deal with the script component normally and I need a little detail if possible. Thanks.

First, you set the SynchronousInputID to None to create an Asynchronous script component.
Next, once you have set the output to be Asynchronous, you add the columns to that output. Then there are two methods you can use to add rows to that output:
public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row)
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public override void CreateNewOutputRows()
base.CreateNewOutputRows();
for (int i = 100; i < 110; i++)
Output0Buffer.AddRow();
Output0Buffer.Test = i;
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I can't think of a compelling reason to use the latter.
Russel Loski, MCT, MCSE Data Platform/Business Intelligence. Twitter: @sqlmovers; blog: www.sqlmovers.com

Data conversion error

Hi All,
I am getting below error in my SQL server agent job.
Source: Data Flow Task Data Conversion [31] Description: Data conversion failed while converting column "Partner" (935) to column "Copy of Partner" (940). The conversion returned status value 4 and status text "Text
was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page.". End Error Error: 2013-09-25 15:16:31.32 Code: 0xC020902A Source: Data Flow Task Data Conversion [31] Description: The
"output column "Copy of Partner" (940)" failed because truncation occurred, and the truncation row disposition on "output column "Copy of Partner" (940)" specifies failure on truncation. A truncation error occurred on
the specified object of the specified component. End Error Error: 2013-09-25 15:16:31.33 Code: 0xC0047022 Source: Data Flow Task SSIS.Pipeline Description: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The
ProcessInput method on component "Data Conversion" (31) failed with error code 0xC020902A while processing input "Data Conversion Input" (32). The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific
to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure. End Error Error: 2013-09-25 15:16:31.35 Code:
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Source: Data Flow Task SSIS.Pipeline Description: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED. The PrimeOutput method on component "Excel Source" (1) returned error code 0xC02020C4. The component returned a failure
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Kindly help me to debug this

Possible cause of error: Source has more characters than what is allowed by the conversion.
i.e. Conversion allows DT_STR(50) (50 characters) but a source record has more than 50 characters for that column.
Possible solution: increase the conversion character limit if possible. Or, under Error Outputs > Truncation > switch from Fail Component to Redirect Row or Ignore failure (you will then have to decide what you wish to do for such issue). Or, make
sure the source can not violate this character limit.

How do I catch failed data conversion rows?

I am pulling data from SQL Server and exporting to Excel file. Using SSIS 2008, sending to Excel 2003. The process is working fine, and I want to grab any data conversion failures, specifically I want to grab any data that fails or is to be truncated.
I add a flat file destination to the data conversion error line (red) and pointed it to a txt file. This caused an error, saying some of the columns were the wrong data type to go in a text file. So I added a data conversion to the first data conversion
error line, but the data types wont change.
The wierd thing, is the error says the columns are DT_NTEXT and need to be DT_TEXT, but they aren't, they are DT_WSTR. Anyway, I tried to convert to DT_TEXT and it caused the data conversions in my original conversion to change, whcih broke the whole
package.
My intention is to grab the erroring row so it can be manually converted. So how do I do that without adding 100 more errors?
Simon.

Simon,
There is a reasonable suspicion that the post
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is also from you.
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Russel Loski, MCT, MCSE Data Platform/Business Intelligence. Twitter: @sqlmovers; blog: www.sqlmovers.com

I think such a post is more suitable for an MS Connect bugs section as I see it a defect. And it seems no floor, but simply cutting off. Try in .Net when you convert, does it work the same? Data Conversion is a wrapper around the .net
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Dear Viewers
on 11.5.10
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Hi David,
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Dear Viewers
on 11.5.10
We are creating a new SOB with a change in currency from Feb-11 as this is the requirement
For the same, we need to do data conversion.
I have a confusion for Purchase Orders and Sales Orders
Purchase Orders:
Open purchase orders will be converted, means the unfulfilled PO`s i.e the ones not received and are fully open.
The PO`s which have been recieved but not delivered, Requested the users to clear the intransit receipts.
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but If invoice comes after Feb-11, than how the matching will be done?
What if a return has to be made moving forward in FEB-11 under new SOB
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Open sales orders will be converted, that is the ones that have been entered and not yet booked.
Users have been requested to clear off the Sales order lines which are already pick confirmed but not yet shipped, hence they will be shipped and interfaced to AR
For the Sales orders that have been booked, those lines that are not yet processed further will also be converted.
Now what if a receipt comes after feb 11, how to handle this as the sales order wiould not have been converted?
Please give your advise on the data migration strategy for PO`s and SO's.
Please do add any point that may have been missed by me
Appreciate your help
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emm wrote:
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The PO`s which have been recieved but not delivered, Requested the users to clear the intransit receipts.
The PO's which are partially received, what to be done for them?
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What if a return has to be made moving forward in FEB-11 under new SOB<br>Ideally returns can be done using Miscellaneous/Account Alias Issues specifying the appropriate transaction reasons to clarify the scenario.<br>

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2) What is the procedure (best practices) to assign Profit Centers to all the Balance Sheet items since we are going live during Fiscal Year
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