The dbt Meltano transformer pulls data from dbt that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.
Other Available Variants
- dbt-labs (default)
Getting Started
Prerequisites
If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:
Installation and configuration
-
Add the dbt transformer to your project
using
:meltano add
-
Configure the dbt settings using
:meltano config
meltano add transformer dbt
meltano config dbt set --interactive
Next steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.
Capabilities
The current capabilities fordbt
may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the
capabilities when using this transformer. If you find they are out of date, please
consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the
capabilities for this transformer.This plugin has the following capabilities:
You can
override these capabilities or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml
by adding the capabilities
key.
Settings
The
dbt
settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly
find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:
You can
override these settings or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml
by adding the settings
key.
Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.
Project Directory (project_dir)
-
Environment variable:
DBT_PROJECT_DIR
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Default Value:
$MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT/transform
Profiles Directory (profiles_dir)
-
Environment variable:
DBT_PROFILES_DIR
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Default Value:
$MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT/transform/profile
Target (target)
-
Environment variable:
DBT_TARGET
-
Default Value:
$MELTANO_LOAD__DIALECT
Source Schema (source_schema)
-
Environment variable:
DBT_SOURCE_SCHEMA
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Default Value:
$MELTANO_LOAD__TARGET_SCHEMA
Target Schema (target_schema)
-
Environment variable:
DBT_TARGET_SCHEMA
-
Default Value:
analytics
Models (models)
-
Environment variable:
DBT_MODELS
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Default Value:
$MELTANO_TRANSFORM__PACKAGE_NAME $MELTANO_EXTRACTOR_NAMESPACE my_meltano_project
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Install
meltano add transformer dbt
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