dbt-postgres - Meltano Hub

dbt PostgreSQL

dbt-postgres from dbt-labs

The dbt-postgres transformer is a plugin for running SQL-based transformations on data stored in your warehouse.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:

Installation and configuration

Add the dbt-postgres transformer to your project using
```
meltano add
```
:

meltano add transformer dbt-postgres

Configure the dbt-postgres settings using
```
meltano config
```
:

meltano config dbt-postgres set --interactive

Next steps

Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:

Transform loaded data for analysis

If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.

Capabilities

This plugin currently has no capabilities defined. If you know the capabilities required by this plugin, please contribute!

Settings

Settings for dbt itself can be configured through dbt_project.yml as usual, which can be found at transform/dbt_project.yml in your Meltano project. dbt also has adapter-specific documentation for PostgreSQL.

The dbt-postgres settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:

project_dir
profiles_dir
host
user
password
port
dbname
schema
keepalives_idle
search_path
role
sslmode

You can override these settings or specify additional ones in your meltano.yml by adding the settings key.

Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.

Projects Directory (project_dir)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PROJECT_DIR
Default Value: $MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT/transform

[No description provided.]

Profiles Directory (profiles_dir)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PROFILES_DIR
Default Value: $MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT/transform/profiles/postgres

[No description provided.]

Host (host)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_HOST

The postgres host to connect to.

User (user)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_USER

The user to connect as.

Password (password)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD

The password to connect with.

Port (port)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_PORT

The port to connect to.

Database (dbname)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_DBNAME

The db to connect to.

Schema (schema)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_SCHEMA

The schema to use.

Keep Alives Idle (keepalives_idle)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_KEEPALIVES_IDLE

Seconds between TCP keepalive packets.

Search Path (search_path)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_SEARCH_PATH

Overrides the default search path.

Role (role)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_ROLE

Role for dbt to assume when executing queries.

SSL Mode (sslmode)

Environment variable: DBT_POSTGRES_SSLMODE

SSL Mode used to connect to the database.

Something missing?

This page is generated from a YAML file that you can contribute changes to.

Edit it on GitHub!

Looking for help?

If you're having trouble getting the dbt-postgres transformer to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the

#plugins-general

channel.

Install

meltano add transformer dbt-postgres

Homepage

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Repo

https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core

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