Model configurations

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Available configurations

Model-specific configurations

dbt_project.yml
models:
  <resource-path>:
    +materialized: <materialization_name>
    +sql_header: <string>

General configurations

dbt_project.yml
models:
  <resource-path>:
    +enabled: true | false
    +tags: <string> | [<string>]
    +pre-hook: <sql-statement> | [<sql-statement>]
    +post-hook: <sql-statement> | [<sql-statement>]
    +database: <string>
    +schema: <string>
    +alias: <string>
    +persist_docs: <dict>
    +full_refresh: <boolean>

Warehouse-specific configurations

Configuring models

Models can be configured in one of two ways:

  1. Using a config block within a model, or
  2. From the dbt_project.yml file, under the models: key. To apply a configuration to a snapshot, or directory of snapshots, define the resource path as nested dictionary keys.

Model configurations are applied hierarchically — configurations applied to a marketing subdirectory will take precedence over configurations applied to the entire jaffle_shop project.

Example

Configuring directories of models in dbt_project.yml

To configure models in your dbt_project.yml file, use the models: configuration option. Be sure to namespace your configurations to your project (shown below):

dbt_project.yml




name: dbt_labs


models:
  # Be sure to namespace your model configs to your project name
  dbt_labs:


    # This configures models found in models/events/
    events:
      +enabled: true
      +materialized: view


      # This configures models found in models/events/base
      # These models will be ephemeral, as the config above is overridden
      base:
        +materialized: ephemeral


      ...

Apply configurations to one model only

Some types of configurations are specific to a particular model. In these cases, placing configurations in the dbt_project.yml file can be unwieldy. Instead, you can specify these configurations at the top of a model .sql file.

models/events/base/base_events.sql
{{
  config(
    materialized = "table",
    sort = 'event_time',
    dist = 'event_id'
  )
}}




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