Enabling SSIS in Visual Studio 2022

If you're using Visual Studio 2022, you will need to install the SQL Server Integration Services Projects extension to use SSIS.

1. Navigate to Extensions > Manage Extensions.
2. In the Manage Extensions window's search box, search for "SQL Server Integration Services Projects 2022" and select the extension in the list.
3. Click Download.
4. Close Visual Studio and run the downloaded Microsoft.DataTools.IntegrationServices.exe installer. Proceed through the installer with default settings.
5. Open Visual Studio. There should now be an "Integration Services Project" project template available.

Adding the MarkLogic Connection Manager

Create a new connection manager as follows:

1. Create a Visual Studio project with the "Integration Services Project" template.
2. In the project, right-click within the Connection Managers window and select New Connection from the menu.
3. In the Description column, select CData MarkLogic Connection Manager and click Add...
4. Configure the component as described in the next section.

Alternatively, if you have an existing project and CData MarkLogic Source or CData MarkLogic Destination:

1. Right-click your CData MarkLogic source or destination component in your data flow
2. Select Edit... to open an editor window.
3. Click the New... button next to the Connection manager: dropdown selector to create a connection manager.
4. Configure the component as described in the next section.

Connecting to MarkLogic

Picking an API

The CData SSIS Components for MarkLogic offers access to both the REST and ODBC APIs for MarkLogic. Please see Picking the right API for a discussion on which API is right for your use case.

Connection Details

Regardless of which API you are connecting to, you will need to include the following connection details:

• Server - The server being connected to.
• Database - (Optional) The specific database to connect to.
• Port - (Optional) The specific port to use if the default port for the selected API is not being used default.

Create an ODBC Server

If connecting to the ODBC API, please follow the guide in MarkLogic's official website on how to create an ODBC Server, https://docs.marklogic.com/guide/admin/odbc.

Authenticating to MarkLogic

To authenticate to MarkLogic, specify the following connection properties:

• User - The user to authenticate as.
• Password - The password of the user.