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From: Isaac Blanco <40709873+AlejandroBlanco2001@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 22:28:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Improving=20message=20description=20for=20compi?=
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 .changes/unreleased/Features-20240511-032253.yaml          | 7 +++++++
 .../macros/unit_test_sql/get_fixture_sql.sql               | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changes/unreleased/Features-20240511-032253.yaml

diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240511-032253.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240511-032253.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b81ff9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240511-032253.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Improvement of the compile error message in the get_fixture-sql.sql when the
+  relation or the model not exist
+time: 2024-05-11T03:22:53.40817477-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: AlejandroBlanco2001
+  Issue: "10014"
diff --git a/dbt/include/global_project/macros/unit_test_sql/get_fixture_sql.sql b/dbt/include/global_project/macros/unit_test_sql/get_fixture_sql.sql
index 53d7a93b..c25a87f7 100644
--- a/dbt/include/global_project/macros/unit_test_sql/get_fixture_sql.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/global_project/macros/unit_test_sql/get_fixture_sql.sql
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 {%- endif -%}
 
 {%- if not column_name_to_data_types -%}
-    {{ exceptions.raise_compiler_error("Not able to get columns for unit test '" ~ model.name ~ "' from relation " ~ this) }}
+    {{ exceptions.raise_compiler_error("Not able to get columns for unit test '" ~ model.name ~ "' from relation " ~ this ~ " because the relation doesn't exist") }}
 {%- endif -%}
 
 {%- for column_name, column_type in column_name_to_data_types.items() -%}