Back up your packages before upgrading. Upgrading from v1.5 is partly manual because of the naming change requested by the Kimball Group.
To upgrade from an earlier version, please read through the Upgrading Instructions.
Review the Documentation for installation, usage, and optimization details.

Pragmatic Works Paid Support

Pragmatic Works has recently committed to supporting the Dimension Merge SCD! They have incorporated the code into their Task Factory suite of extensions for Integration Services. If you can't use an "unsupported" open-source extension, download the Dimension Merge SCD from Pragmatic Works.

Known Issues in v1.6

Workitem #	Description	Workaround
Changing Existing Dimension Column From SCD1 to Not Used Hangs BIDS	Introduce a new column to the Existing Dimension flow, edit the DMSCD to mark it as "Not Used" results in a hang	Use a Union All to strip that column out of the flow

Fixed Issues

If you determine an issue listed below is not fixed - please click through to the existing issue and add a comment.

Workitem #	Description	Date Fix Verified	Date Included in Release	Date Checked-in to Source
4696	Binary Business Key Not Matched	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
5305	Simultaneous SCD1 and SCD2 Changes Handled Incorrectly	2011-04-07	2011-04-08	2011-04-08
5304	New SCD2 (v1.5) upgrading from 1.4	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
5396	V1.5 Editor Hanging on "Finish"	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
5400	Runtime Hang, Resolved by Enabling Debug Options	2010-08-12	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
5717	Improve Message Regarding Improper Column Mapping	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
6032	Deleted Output vs. Expired SCD2 Output	2010-07-05	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
6222	[KSCDv1.5 SQL2005 x86] Upgrade Validation errors occur when opening a saved SSIS Package with an incomplete KSCD Transformation inside	2010-05-31	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
6318	Status Output is Incorrect	2010-06-18	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
6621	DT_DBTIME2 support	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
6745	KimballSCD 1.5 component hangs when using a derived column in the update scd1 output	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
7030	Audit Tab Not Saving -1 As Default Value for New Rows	2011-04-08	2011-04-08	2011-04-08
7730	SCD1 Deleted in v1.6, almost works but an error	2011-04-27	2011-04-27	2011-04-27

New Features

If you find a problem with one of the features below, please click through to the workitem and add a comment.

Workitem #	Description	Date Feature Verified	Date Included in Release	Date Checked-in to Source
2318	Support Multiple Intra-day SCD Processing	2010-07-05	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
2389	Support 2005 and 2008 Side-by-Side (Same PC) Installation	2011-04-07	2011-04-08	2011-04-08
5322	Enable SCD 2 Date Handling Effective and Expiry Dates Set to SSIS Variable Values	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21
5717	Improve Message Regarding Improper Column Mapping	2010-08-21	2010-08-21	2010-08-21