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How to get the dependencies of a model in dbt in terms of a table


I have a model in dbt which has different staging tables and ref tables. I want to get a list of all the dependent models that is whatever is shown in lineage as a list. For e.g.

with vw_src1 as(
 select * from {{ ref('intr_src1') }}
),
vw_src2 as(
)
select
*
from        {{ ref('vw_src1') }}   a
left join   {{ ref('vw_src2') }} b on a.col = b.col
left join   {{ ref('vw_src3') }} c on a.col2 = c.col2 ```

I want the output as 
vw_src1
vw_src2
vw_src3
intr_src1 and so on that are used in each of the staging and intermediate models. Is that possible to do in dbt? Please help.

Solution

  • You can use the dbt ls command:

    dbt ls
         [--resource-type {model,semantic_model,source,seed,snapshot,metric,test,exposure,analysis,default,all}]
         [--select SELECTION_ARG [SELECTION_ARG ...]]
         [--models SELECTOR [SELECTOR ...]]
         [--exclude SELECTOR [SELECTOR ...]]
         [--selector YML_SELECTOR_NAME]
         [--output {json,name,path,selector}]
         [--output-keys KEY_NAME [KEY_NAME]]
    

    Example:

    dbt ls --select +model_name+
    

    This will output any upstream or downstream depencencies. See more details in graph operators.