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Advanced configuration usage

Alternative config block syntax

Some configurations may contain characters (e.g. dashes) that cannot be parsed as a jinja argument. For example, the following would return an error:

{{ config(
post-hook="grant select on {{ this }} to role reporter",
materialized='table'
) }}

select ...

While dbt provides an alias for any core configurations (e.g. you should use pre_hook instead of pre-hook in a config block), your dbt project may contain custom configurations without aliases.

If you want to specify these configurations inside of a model, use the alternative config block syntax:

models/events/base/base_events.sql
{{
config({
"post-hook": "grant select on {{ this }} to role reporter",
"materialized": "table"
})
}}


select ...
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