I have a source where one column has a divider that splits the sales values for each month. How do I split that value over multiple columns?
Mountainbike;black;10,4,7,3,11,5,8,6,10,4,12,12 Mountainbike;blue;12,2,9,1,13,7,6,4,8,12,3,4 |
Solution
There are various options to split that value.
A) Substring/Findstring
B) Script Component
C) Token
Solution A: Substring/Findstring
You can use an expression in the Derived Column. The first and last deviate from the rest:
SUBSTRING(Sales,1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",1) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",1) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",2) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",1) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",2) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",3) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",2) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",3) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",4) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",3) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",4) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",5) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",4) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",5) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",6) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",5) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",6) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",7) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",6) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",7) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",8) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",7) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",8) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",9) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",8) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",9) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",10) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",9) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",10) + 1,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",11) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",10) - 1)
SUBSTRING(Sales,FINDSTRING(Sales,",",11) + 1,LEN(Sales) - FINDSTRING(Sales,",",11))
Substring/Findstring solution |
Solution B: Script Component
Add a Script Component (type transformation) and select the Sales column as ReadOnly input column in the Input Columns pane. Then go to the Inputs and Outputs pane and create a column foreach month. After that choose your language and hit the Edit Script button and copy the following method.
// C# Code using System; using System.Data; using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper; using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper; [Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.SSISScriptComponentEntryPointAttribute] public class ScriptMain : UserComponent { public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row) { // Split input column on comma fill output columns // Added the Convert.ToInt32(XXXX) to convert it to int string[] sales = Row.Sales.ToString().Split(new char[]{','}, StringSplitOptions.None); Row.Jan = Convert.ToInt32(sales[0]); Row.Feb = Convert.ToInt32(sales[1]); Row.Mar = Convert.ToInt32(sales[2]); Row.Apr = Convert.ToInt32(sales[3]); Row.May = Convert.ToInt32(sales[4]); Row.Jun = Convert.ToInt32(sales[5]); Row.Jul = Convert.ToInt32(sales[6]); Row.Aug = Convert.ToInt32(sales[7]); Row.Sep = Convert.ToInt32(sales[8]); Row.Oct = Convert.ToInt32(sales[9]); Row.Nov = Convert.ToInt32(sales[10]); Row.Dec = Convert.ToInt32(sales[11]); } }
or VB.Net
'VB.Net code Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.Math Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper <Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.SSISScriptComponentEntryPointAttribute()g _ <CLSCompliant(False)> _ Public Class ScriptMain Inherits UserComponent Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer) ' Split input column on comma fill output columns ' Added the Convert.ToInt32(XXXX) to convert it to int Dim sales As String() = Row.Sales.ToString().Split(New Char() {","c}, StringSplitOptions.None) Row.Jan = Convert.ToInt32(sales(0)) Row.Feb = Convert.ToInt32(sales(1)) Row.Mar = Convert.ToInt32(sales(2)) Row.Apr = Convert.ToInt32(sales(3)) Row.May = Convert.ToInt32(sales(4)) Row.Jun = Convert.ToInt32(sales(5)) Row.Jul = Convert.ToInt32(sales(6)) Row.Aug = Convert.ToInt32(sales(7)) Row.Sep = Convert.ToInt32(sales(8)) Row.Oct = Convert.ToInt32(sales(9)) Row.Nov = Convert.ToInt32(sales(10)) Row.Dec = Convert.ToInt32(sales(11)) End Sub End ClassThis is more readable than the Substring/Findstring expressions!
Script Component solution |
Solution C: Token
SSIS 2012 has a new expression called Token which makes life a lot easier than the Substring/Findstring solution:
TOKEN(Sales,",",1)
TOKEN(Sales,",",2)
TOKEN(Sales,",",3)
TOKEN(Sales,",",4)
TOKEN(Sales,",",5)
TOKEN(Sales,",",6)
TOKEN(Sales,",",7)
TOKEN(Sales,",",8)
TOKEN(Sales,",",9)
TOKEN(Sales,",",10)
TOKEN(Sales,",",11)
TOKEN(Sales,",",12)
Token solution |
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