The Varigence Blog

Dev Diary - Adding Transformations to Mapping Data Flows

Written by Roelant Vos on 2.1.2022

BimlFlex will soon support custom transformations to be generated for Mapping Data Flows.

Delivering data from a Data Vault

Written by Roelant Vos on 12.23.2021

Our documentation website has been updated with overviews of delivering 'Business' Data Vaults and Dimensional Models based on a Data Vault model.

BimlFlex 2022 R1 is available!

Written by Roelant Vos on 12.21.2021

The new BimlFlex 2022 R1 is available.

Dev Diary – Generating a Mapping Data Flow Staging process without a Persistent Staging Area

Written by Roelant Vos on 11.25.2021

A real-world data solution often requires a combination of many different data loading patterns. Using BimlFlex, these patterns are applied by configuring the design to work in certain ways. This post shows how to configure BimlFlex to achieve different Staging pattern outcomes.

Creating custom column-level transformations in BimlFlex

Written by Roelant Vos on 10.13.2021

In the real world, many data solutions require a high degree of flexibility so that they can cater to unique scenarios. This can be necessary because of specific systems that require integration, or simply because certain data needs bespoke logic to be interpreted correctly. BimlFlex offers ways to specify specific transformations at column level - using Custom Configurations.

Dev Diary - First look at a source-to-staging pattern in Mapping Data Flows

Written by Roelant Vos on 9.19.2021

With the 2021 BimlFlex release nearing completion, it's time to take a closer look at the patterns for Mapping Data Flows that will be made available in preview.