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What is dbt?

dbt enables data practitioners to adopt software engineering best practices and deploy modular, reliable analytics code.

Getting started guide

Learn how to set up dbt and build your first models. You will also test and document your project, and schedule a job.

Docs

Discover everything dbt has to offer from the basics to advanced concepts.

Supported data platforms

dbt connects to most major databases, data warehouses, data lakes, or query engines.

Community spotlight

Faith Lierheimer

I've been a dbt Community member for around a year and a half. I come to the data world from teaching and academic research. Working in...

The latest from the Developer Blog

Optimizing Materialized Views with dbt

August 3, 2023 · 10 minute read

In dbt v1.6, we introduce support for materialized views. In this blog post, Amy will review how to use them in your workflow

Create dbt Documentation and Tests 10x faster with ChatGPT

July 18, 2023 · 7 minute read

You can use ChatGPT to infer the context of verbosely named fields from database table schemas.

Data Vault 2.0 with dbt Cloud

July 3, 2023 · 14 minute read

When to use, and when not to use Data Vault 2.0 data modeling, and why dbt Cloud is a great choice

Building a historical user segmentation model with dbt

June 13, 2023 · 14 minute read

Learn how to use dbt to build custom user segments and track them over time.

Accelerate your documentation workflow: Generate docs for whole folders at once

May 17, 2023 · 9 minute read

For columns that are reused across models, Mikael walks through a DRY-method to make documentation easier, using the dbt Codegen package...

Modeling ragged time-varying hierarchies

May 2, 2023 · 18 minute read

Learn how to maximize the utility of complex hierarchical data in your analytics warehouse.

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Open source dbt Packages

Take your dbt project to the next level with community built packages.

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Guides

Learn battle tested strategies for analytics engineering best practices.

Community Forum

Get help and swap knowledge in the async forum.

Online courses

Structured video courses to give you a deep dive into analytics engineering topics.