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Rastislav Zdechovan
Analytics Engineer at Infinite Lambda
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Data Vault 2.0 with dbt Cloud

· 15 min read
Rastislav Zdechovan
Analytics Engineer at Infinite Lambda
Sean McIntyre
Senior Solutions Architect at dbt Labs

Data Vault 2.0 is a data modeling technique designed to help scale large data warehousing projects. It is a rigid, prescriptive system detailed vigorously in a book that has become the bible for this technique.

So why Data Vault? Have you experienced a data warehousing project with 50+ data sources, with 25+ data developers working on the same data platform, or data spanning 5+ years with two or more generations of source systems? If not, it might be hard to initially understand the benefits of Data Vault, and maybe Kimball modelling is better for you. But if you are in any of the situations listed, then this is the article for you!