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dbt Labs

dbt project lab

3 parts

Hands-on layout, models, tests, and PR review.

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  1. 1 dbt lab: project layout that scales A messy dbt repo ages fast. Map staging, intermediate, and marts with clear naming and one grain per model so the project scales past your first three tables without tribal knowledge.
  2. 2 dbt lab: first models and tests Turn layout into working models. Write your first staging and mart SQL, wire refs, add unique and not-null tests, and run a small build you can actually explain in a review.
  3. 3 dbt lab: reviewing a model like a PR Green CI is not a business review. Learn how to review a dbt model PR like a product change: grain, joins, filters, tests, docs, blast radius, and validation totals you can defend in a metrics meeting.