Question

I have SSIS Package which Exports Data from table to Excel file

Control Flow :-

Data Flow :-

This is My Step :-

1. Drop Excel Table
2. Create Excel Table with format as of my Select Query which i used to retrieve data from database
3. Insert Data from Database to Excel file

I Used Query Like Select * From Table Where --Some Condition

I retrieve 3000 rows out of 10000 rows and put that 3000 rows in my excel sheet.
But when open my excel sheet i saw scrollbar which goes till 10000th row and ends hence my excel sheet size also increses . how can i reduce my excel sheet size ? my excel sheet contains only 3000 rows then why blank cells which goes till 10000th row ?

SQL Server 2008 &
Visual Studio 2008 with BIDS

Answer 1

I believe your issue is around the method in which you are using to create the file. You have two alternatives and both should fix your issue:

Solution #1:

You can create an Excel file with those predefined columns, essentially your empty output file – this would act as your ‘Template File’. Your flow would then be this:

1. File System Task – Copy template file to output or working directory (rename if necessary)
2. OLEDB Source Task – Query your source for the data (3000)
3. Data Conversion Task
4. Excel Destination Task – Put data into new Excel file

Note: You already have steps 2 thru 3 complete, you just need to make sure you are connecting to the new Excel file. Also, to clarify, step 1 is outside the Control Flow Task.

This way is helpful because you always have a blank and consistently formatted Excel file to copy and work with.

Solution #2:

The other option is to use a Script Task and create the Excel file – you could also load the data into the file in this task. This requires some basic understanding of VB.NET or C#. Basically you would need to get a XLS library (like NPOI). This is more complicated, but gives you the best functionality.

I recommend you try solution #1 and see how that works for you.