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compile

dbt compile generates executable SQL from source model, test, and analysis files. You can find these compiled SQL files in the target/ directory of your dbt project.

The compile command is useful for:

  1. Visually inspecting the compiled output of model files. This is useful for validating complex jinja logic or macro usage.
  2. Manually running compiled SQL. While debugging a model or schema test, it's often useful to execute the underlying select statement to find the source of the bug.
  3. Compiling analysis files. Read more about analysis files here.

It is not a pre-requisite of dbt run.

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