README.md

Dbt project to transform reddit data in big query.

Contains dbt project, with necessary staging & mart models for Reddit API data pipeline.

Dbt commands to try:

• dbt deps pulls the most recent version of the dependencies listed in your packages.yml from git.
• dbt build: Builds, tests and runs the selected resources such as models, seeds, snapshots, and tests.
• dbt run: Runs/Directly executes selected sql model files against the current target database.
• dbt test: Only executes the tests you defined for your project.

Execution steps

• Login into dbt cloud IDE & open this project (choose /dbt folder as dbt home in the settings).
• Update the big query dataset & table names if you have used different ones.
• Build the models

  # builds the models in staging folder
  dbt build --select staging
  
  # builds the models in staging folder
  dbt build --select marts

• Make sure they run successfully & Scehdule the dbt runs for this project in dbt cloud (using the UI).

Dbt Resources:

• Learn more about dbt in the docs
• Check out Discourse for commonly asked questions and answers
• Join the dbt community to learn from other analytics engineers
• Find dbt events near you
• Check out the blog for the latest news on dbt's development and best practices