Visual Importer Professional 7.7.2.8

Visual Importer Professional 7.7.2.8 is a useful software which automates the process of loading data into any database.

It enables the user to design Import, Export and SQL scripts, add them to the package and schedule it for execution on regular basis. All objects are stored in the repository. Supported repository types include MS Access (default repository), Oracle, MS SQL Server, Interbase, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

Typically Visual Importer Professional is used to download files from an FTP server, load them into the database, run stored procedure or SQL script and send email to the admin, once the package is completed. Unlike Oracle SQL loader, BCP, DTS or SSIS, Visual Importer Professional can also add new and update old records based on the key defined by user.

Let's say, for example, you work for Retail Company with 200 shops. Every morning you receive Excel files with total sales from every store via email and would like to load them into the Data warehouse. Visual Importer Professional can help you automate data processing without the need for more staff in the shops and in the company HQ. It will enable you to process data sent via email and FTP without any intervention. Simply create a dedicated email account, design a package and that?s it - start processing data!

Major Features:

1. Data Sources
   
   • Multiple Delimited or Fixed width Tet files
   • Multiple Excel files + Multiple Excel Spreadsheets
   • Multiple MS Access Databases + Multiple Tables
   • Multiple DBF Files
   • Any ODBC Compliant Database
   • MS SQL Server
   • Oracle
   • Multiple Source Files
   • Multiple Source Tables
   • SQL Select Statement as a Data source
2. Data Targets
   • Oracle 7-11g database
   • MS Sql Server 7-2008
   • Any ODBC Compliant Database
   • Delimited or Fixed width Tet file
   • MS Access Database
   • Microsoft Excel File
   • DBF File
   • Multiple Data Targets
3. Loading method  
   
   • Adding Records
   • Updating Records
   • Deleting Records
   • Adding new and Updating old Records
   • Adding new Records only
   • User definable date formats
   • Transformation Functions
   • Execution of Sql script Before the loading
   • Execution of Sql script After the loading
4. Transformations  
   
   • 38 transformation functions
   • String Transformation
   • Number Transformation
   • Date Transformation
   • Multiple Date Formats
   • Translating coded values (e.g., if the source system stores 1 for male and 2 for female, but the warehouse stores M for male and F for female)
   • Deriving a new calculated value (e.g., sale amount = qty * unit price)
   • Joining together data from multiple fields
   • Generating surrogate key values
   • Splitting a column into multiple columns (e.g., putting a comma-separated list specified as a string in one column as individual values in different columns)
   • Customized Transformation
5. Validation  
   
   • 190 Validation Functions
   • String Validation
   • Number Validation
   • Date Validation
   • Time Validation
   • Validation Against list of values
   • Regular Expressions: Post codes, Phone Numbers, VAT Numbers ETC
   • Additional Transformations  
     
   • Sorting
   • Grouping
   • Deduplication
   • Summarizing multiple rows of data (e.g., total sales for each store, and for each region)
   • Transposing or pivoting (turning multiple columns into multiple rows or vice versa)
6. Other usefull features  
   
   • Full Support for Unicode 
   • Rejected Records File
   • Transformation Log
   • Command Line interface
   • Data Preview
   • Repository
   • MS Access
   • MS Sql Server
   • Oracle 7-11
   • MySql
   • Interbase
   • PostgreSQL
7. Advanced Objects
   • Projects 
   • Directories
   • ODBC Connections
   • SQL Server Connections
   • Oracle Connections
   • SMTP Connections
   • POP3 Connections
   • Data Transformations
   • Email Templates
   • Sql Scripts
   • Reports Designer
   • Scheduler
   • Execution Logging
   • Packages
   • Backup Repository
   • Restore Repository
8. Package Objects  
   
   • Data Transformations
   • Exports
   • Sql Scripts
   • Check Files
   • Compare Files (creation date, file size or MD5)
   • File Operations (copy,delete,rename,etc)
   • Eternal applications
   • Email Notifications
   • Ftp operations Uploads, Downloads, Create Remote directory, Delete File
   • Zip (zip and unzip with password)
   • Pop 3 Email receiver
   • SQL Data Check
   • FTP Operations
   • Backup Repository
   • Pause
   • Check Date
   • Reports
9. Execution Agent: Runs as Windows service

Enhancements:

• FTP Move files option was added
• Move files has "Overwrite files" option now
• Minor bug fixes