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How do I populate the owner column in the generated docs?

You cannot change the owner column in your generated documentation.

dbt pulls the owner field in dbt-docs from database metadata (catalog.json), meaning the owner of that table in the database. With the exception of exposures, dbt does not pull this value from an owner field set within dbt.

Generally, dbt's database user owns the tables created in the database. The service responsible for ingesting or loading the data usually owns the source tables.

If you set meta.owner, that field appears under meta (pulled from dbt), but still not under the top-level owner field.

Example​

The following example shows a model with meta.owner so it appears under meta in the docs. Replace DATA_TEAM_EMAIL with your own values.

models/stg_orders.yml
models:
  - name: stg_orders
    description: "Staging table for order events."
    config:
      meta:
        owner: "DATA_TEAM_EMAIL"
    columns:
      - name: order_id
        description: "Primary key for orders."
      - name: order_date
        description: "Date when order was placed."

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