dbt-postgres - Meltano Hub

dbt PostgreSQL

dbt-postgres from dbt-labs

The dbt-postgres Meltano transformer pulls data from dbt PostgreSQL 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-postgres transformer to your project using
```
meltano add
```
:

meltano add transformer dbt-postgres

Configure the dbt-postgres settings using
```
meltano config
```
:

meltano config dbt-postgres set --interactive

Next steps

Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:

Transform loaded data for analysis

If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.

Capabilities

The current capabilities for

dbt-postgres

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 If you find they are out of date, please consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the capabilities for this transformer.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-postgres 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:

project_dir
profiles_dir
host
user
password
port
dbname
schema
keepalives_idle
search_path
role
sslmode

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.

Projects Directory (project_dir)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PROJECT_DIR
Default Value: $MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT/transform

[No description provided.]

Profiles Directory (profiles_dir)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PROFILES_DIR
Default Value: $MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT/transform/profiles/postgres

[No description provided.]

Host (host)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_HOST

The postgres host to connect to.

User (user)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_USER

The user to connect as.

Password (password)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD

The password to connect with.

Port (port)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PORT

The port to connect to.

Database (dbname)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_DBNAME

The db to connect to.

Schema (schema)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_SCHEMA

The schema to use.

Keep Alives Idle (keepalives_idle)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_KEEPALIVES_IDLE

Seconds between TCP keepalive packets.

Search Path (search_path)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_SEARCH_PATH

Overrides the default search path.

Role (role)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_ROLE

Role for dbt to assume when executing queries.

SSL Mode (sslmode)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_SSLMODE

SSL Mode used to connect to the database.

Something missing?

This page is generated from a YAML file that you can contribute changes to.

Edit it on GitHub!

Looking for help?

If you're having trouble getting the dbt-postgres transformer to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the

#plugins-general

channel.

Install

meltano add transformer dbt-postgres

Maintenance Status

Repo

https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core

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