SSIS guide

Writing data in SSIS

In this section we will learn how to configure and use ElasticSearch Connector in the API Destination to write data to ElasticSearch.

Video tutorial

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

How to download SSIS PowerPack for ElasticSearch integration in SSIS
How to configure connection for ElasticSearch
How to write or lookup data to ElasticSearch
Features about SSIS API Destination
Using ElasticSearch Connector in SSIS

Watch this video on YouTube

Step-by-step instructions

In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure ElasticSearch in the API Source to POST data to the ElasticSearch.

Open Visual Studio and click Create a new project.
Select Integration Services Project. Enter a name and location for your project, then click OK.
From the SSIS Toolbox, drag and drop a Data Flow Task onto the Control Flow surface, and double-click it:
Make sure you are in the Data Flow Task designer:
Read the data from the source, using any desired source component. You can even make an API call using the ZappySys JSON/XML/API Source and read data from there. In this example, we will use an OLE DB Source component to read real-time data from a SQL Server database.
From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
Select New Connection to create a new connection:

API Destination - ElasticSearch

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To configure the ElasticSearch connector, choose one of the following methods:
- Choose from Popular Connector List: Select a pre-installed service directly from the dropdown menu.
- Search Online: Use this to find and download a new connector file to your computer.
- Use Saved/Downloaded File: Once the file is downloaded, browse your local drive to load it into the configuration.
After that, just click Continue >>:

ElasticSearch

Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

Basic Authentication (UserId/Password)

ElasticSearch authentication

For Local / Hosted Instance by you

Get your userid / password and enter on the connection UI

For Managed Instance (By Bonsai search)

If your instance is hosted by bonsai then perform these steps to get your credentials for API call

Go to https://app.bonsai.io/clusters/{your-instance-id}/tokens
Copy Access Key and Access Secret and enter on the connection UI. Click Test connection.
If your Cluster has no data you can generate sample data by visiting this URL and click Add Sample Data https://{your-cluster-id}.apps.bonsaisearch.net/app/home#/tutorial_directory

API Connection Manager configuration

Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

Set Authentication Type to Basic Authentication (UserId/Password) [Http]
Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
Finally, hit OK button:

ElasticSearch

Basic Authentication (UserId/Password) [Http]

http://localhost:9200

Optional Parameters
User Name (or Access Key)
Password (or Access Secret)
Ignore certificate related errors

Find full details in the ElasticSearch Connector authentication reference.

Windows Authentication (No Password)