The Trace File Source adapter is a useful addition to your SSIS toolbox.  It allows you to read profiler traces stored as .trc files and read them into the Data Flow.  From there you can perform filtering and analysis using the power of SSIS. There is no need for a SQL Server connection this just uses the trace file. Example Usages Cache warming for SQL Server Analysis Services Reading the flight recorder Find out the longest running queries on a server Analyze statements for CPU, memory by user or some other criteria you choose Properties The Trace File Sour... [More]

Having your users walk into a cold cache on a morning is something that will cause them to have slower running queries initially.  Cache warming takes care of a lot of that by executing typical queries against the newly processed cube and thereby building the cache ready for your users when they get in.  There are a number of ways to warm the cache available. Chris Webb has already blogged about how he has done it and we thought we would show you a variation on that theme. UPDATE: The Trace File Source Adapteris now available. The package is relatively simple.     ... [More]