dbt-labs · matthewshaver · Jan 30, 2025 · Jan 30, 2025 · Jan 30, 2025 · Jan 30, 2025
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 title: "Analyses"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use custom analyses when building in dbt."
+description: "Configure SQL files in dbt to create compiled code used for analyses."
 id: "analyses"
 pagination_next: null
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 title: "Custom aliases"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use custom aliases when building in dbt."
+description: "Configure custom aliases to override default naming conventions in dbt."
-description: "Configure custom aliases to override default naming conventions in dbt."
+description: "Configure custom aliases to override default model naming conventions in dbt."
-description: "Configure custom aliases to override default naming conventions in dbt."
+description: "Configure custom aliases to override default model naming conventions in dbt."
 id: "custom-aliases"
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 title: "Custom schemas"
+description: "Configure custom schemas for your dbt model's tables and views in the database."
 id: "custom-schemas"
 pagination_next: "docs/build/custom-databases"
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 title: "Add data tests to your DAG"
 sidebar_label: "Data tests"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use data tests when building in dbt."
+description: "Configure data tests in dbt to assess the quality of your input data or the resulting datasets."
 pagination_next: "docs/build/unit-tests"
 pagination_prev: null
 search_weight: "heavy"

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 title: "Hooks and operations"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use hooks and operations when building in dbt."
+description: "Customize dbt workflows using hooks and operations."
 id: "hooks-operations"
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 title: "Configure incremental models"
-description: "Learn how to configure incremental models when building in dbt."
+description: "Learn how to configure incremental models when developing in dbt."
 id: "incremental-models"
 keywords: ["incremental models", "incremental materialization","incremental", "materialization", "incremental model", "incremental strategy", "incremental model configuration"]
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 title: "About incremental strategy"
 sidebar_label: "About incremental strategy"
-description: "Learn about the various ways (strategies) to implement incremental materializations."
+description: "Implement incremental materializations and the supported dbt adapters."
-description: "Implement incremental materializations and the supported dbt adapters."
+description: Use an incremental strategy to optimize performance by defining how incremental materializations handle new and changed data."
-description: "Implement incremental materializations and the supported dbt adapters."
+description: "Incremental strategies optimize performance by defining how to handle new and changed data."
-description: "Implement incremental materializations and the supported dbt adapters."
+description: Use an incremental strategy to optimize performance by defining how incremental materializations handle new and changed data."
-description: "Implement incremental materializations and the supported dbt adapters."
+description: "Incremental strategies optimize performance by defining how to handle new and changed data."
 id: "incremental-strategy"
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 title: "Jinja and macros"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use jinja and macros when building in dbt."
+description: "Use Jinja and macros when developing in dbt to create reusable assets."
 id: "jinja-macros"
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 title: "Materializations"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use materializations when building in dbt."
+description: "Configure materializations in dbt to determine how the SQL is run and resulting data is stored."
 id: "materializations"
 pagination_next: "docs/build/incremental-models"
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 title: "About dbt models"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use models when building in dbt."
+description: "About the dbt model's role in transforming your data."
 id: "models"
 pagination_next: "docs/build/sql-models"
 pagination_prev: null

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 title: "Packages"
 id: "packages"
-description:  "Discover how dbt packages help modularize code and transform data efficiently. Learn about git packages, hub packages, private packages, and advanced package configurations."
+description:  "dbt packages help modularize code and transform data efficiently."
 keywords: [dbt package, private package, dbt private package, dbt data transformation, dbt clone, add dbt package]
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 title: "Project variables"
+description: "Use dbt project variables to configure conditional or reusable logic across models and other resources." 
 id: "project-variables"
 pagination_next: "docs/build/environment-variables"
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 title: "Python models"
+description: "Python models further enhance your dbt project."
 id: "python-models"
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 title: "Add Seeds to your DAG"
 sidebar_label: "Seeds"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use seeds when building in dbt."
+description: "Provide seed data files for your dbt models."
 id: "seeds"
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 ## Related reference docs

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 title: "Add snapshots to your DAG"
 sidebar_label: "Snapshots"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use snapshots when building in dbt."
+description: "Configure snapshots in dbt to track changes to your data over time."
 id: "snapshots"
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 title: "Add sources to your DAG"
 sidebar_label: "Sources"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use sources when building in dbt."
+description: "Define data source tables when developing in dbt."
 id: "sources"
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 title: "SQL models"
-description: "Read this tutorial to learn how to use SQL models when building in dbt."
+description: "SQL models are the building blocks of your dbt project."
 id: "sql-models"
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 title: "Unit tests"
 sidebar_label: "Unit tests"
-description: "Learn how to use unit tests on your SQL models."
+description: "Implement unit tests to validate your dbt code."
 search_weight: "heavy"
 id: "unit-tests"
 keywords:

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 title: "Connection profiles"
 id: "connection-profiles"
-description: "Configure your profile using the command line."
+description: "Configure the connection profile for your dbt project."
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 When you invoke dbt from the command line, dbt parses your `dbt_project.yml` and obtains the `profile` name, which dbt needs to connect to your <Term id="data-warehouse" />.

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 title: "About profiles.yml"
+description: "The dbt profiles.yml file contains the connection details for your data warehouse.
 id: profiles.yml
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 title: "About dbt Core and installation"
-description: "You can install dbt Core using a few different tested methods."
+description: "Install dbt Core locally to begin transforming your data."
 pagination_next: "docs/core/pip-install"
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 title: "Install with pip"
-description: "You can use pip to install dbt Core and adapter plugins from the command line."
+description: "Install dbt Core and adapter plugins from the command line with pip."
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 You need to use `pip` to install dbt Core on Windows, Linux, or MacOS operating systems.

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 title: "What is dbt?"
 id: "introduction"
+description: "Welcome to dbt!"
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 title: "About dbt docs commands"
+description: "Generate and serve the docs for your dbt project."
 sidebar_label: "docs"
 id: "cmd-docs"
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 title: "About dbt compile command"
+description: "The dbt compile command creates executable SQL from model, test, and analysis files."
 sidebar_label: "compile"
 id: "compile"
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 title: "About dbt run command"
 sidebar_label: "run"
-description: "Read this guide on how dbt's run command can be used to execute compiled SQL model files against a target database."
+description: "The dbt run command executes your compiled SQL models against a target database."
 id: "run"
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+---
+description: "Reference guide for configuring the dbt_project.yml file."
+---
 
 Every [dbt project](/docs/build/projects) needs a `dbt_project.yml` file — this is how dbt knows a directory is a dbt project. It also contains important information that tells dbt how to operate your project.
 

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 title: Model configurations
-description: "Read this guide to understand model configurations in dbt."
+description: "Reference guide for the model configs available in dbt."
 meta:
   resource_type: Models
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 title: "Syntax overview"
+description: "Node selection syntax enables you to execute dbt commands for specific models and resources."
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 dbt's node selection syntax makes it possible to run only specific resources in a given invocation of dbt. This selection syntax is used for the following subcommands:

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 title: "BigQuery configurations"
-description: "Read this guide to understand BigQuery configurations in dbt."
+description: "Reference guide for Big Query configurations in dbt."
 id: "bigquery-configs"
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 resource_types: [models, seeds]
-description: "Setting the full_refresh config to false prevents a model or seed from being rebuilt, even when the `--full-refresh` flag is included in an invocation."
+description: "Set the full_refresh config for models and other resources in dbt."
 datatype: boolean
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 title: pre-hook & post-hook
-description: "Pre-hook and Post-hook - Read this in-depth guide to learn about configurations in dbt."
+description: "Configure hooks to execute SQL before(pre) and after(post) a model is run in dbt."
 resource_types: [models, seeds, snapshots]
 datatype: sql-statement | [sql-statement]
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+description: "Configure tags to label and organize your dbt models and resources."
 sidebar_label: "tags"
 resource_types: all
 datatype: string | [string]

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 title: "About data tests property"
+description: "Reference guide for the resource properties available for data tests in dbt."
 sidebar_label: "Data tests"
 resource_types: all
 datatype: data-test