DTSWizard.exe and Business Intelligence Development Studio

I have always hated the fact that it was so difficult to do a simple import into sql server with the new version 2005 stuff, like the management express studio. A year or so ago I spent time looking all over for dtswizard.exe and since I just got a new computer from dell I was doing the same thing. It started because I simply wanted to move some data over from excell to a 2005 sql server database.

This use to be a piece of cake in SQL 2000. You just right click on the database and choose import. No idea why microsoft would turn this into such a nightmare.

After spending the last 2 1/2 hours on this I finally find out, I think, that Business Intelligence Development Studio is where this functionality lies. Couldn't figure out how to find that. Normal install doesn't always do it. Found this forum here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsreporting/thread/eac00857-a7af-4075-aa31-e52335c59304/

The post by a.netAvoider is what worked for me:

Thanks guys,I got away with only uninstalling Workstation components. This way you won't lose your database settings and save yourself a whole lot of installation time.To do this I opened Add/Remove programs from Control Panel, selected SQL Server 2005 Express, clicked on uninstall, and in the uninstall dialogue box which appears next unticked SQL Server 2005 instance and selected Work Station components in the list below.The I installed BIZ DEV using SQL Express Toolkit installation file. I just downloaded it now ( 17/12/2007 ). You'd hope microsoft would have fixed this issue in 5 months.