dbt-starter

Helps jump start any dbt project

Note: This library is in a pre-production state.

Steps

Installation

pip install dbtjumpstart

Usage

Preparation

You need to create two .xlsx spreadsheets - one that contains all the table configurations and another that contains the details about all the columns in the tables.

tables.xlsx

Create tables.xlsx with the following format. You definitely need to have the column headers as is, but you are free to leave them empty.

columns.xlsx

Create a .xlsx spreadsheet in the below format. You definitely need to have the column headers as is, but you are free to leave them empty.

Note that you need to name the sheets with the exact table names that you used in the tables.xlsx

Python

from dbtjumpstart.main import make_models
make_models(<input_path>, <output_path>)

Note - make sure the output_path already exists.

Once you run it, check the output path, you will find your models and the schema file.

This project puts the descriptions of the columns and tables in the schema.yml file, does not create a separate markdown file. This feature will be added in future releases

Known issues

• There will be a trailing comma at the end of the last column in the models