dbt (data-build-tool) - Simplify dbt documentation with docs blocks

All my FREE resources: https://www.skool.com/moderndata/about Consulting Services: https://go.kahandatasolutions.com ----- Sometimes your documentation becomes a bit complex to the point where it would be better to write it outside of your YML file. Or perhaps you find you are re-writing the same definition multiple times. In these scenarios (among others), using a docs block can be helpful. In this video I will walk through how to add them to your project. To declare a docs block, use the jinja docs tag. Docs blocks must be uniquely named, and can contain arbitrary markdown. In practice, a docs block might look like this: Docs blocks should be placed in files with a .md file extension. By default, dbt will search in all resource paths for docs blocks (i.e. the combined list of source-paths, data-paths, analysis-paths, macro-paths and snapshot-paths) — you can adjust this behavior using the docs-paths config. To use a docs block, reference it from your schema.yml file with the doc() function. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - How to Add a Docs Block 2:48 - Consolidate Common Definitions 5:22 - Closing Title & Tags: Using Docs Blocks | DRY Documentation | dbt labs | Data Build Tool (dbt) Tutorial #databuildtool #dataengineering #dbtdata #clouddatabase #snowflakedatawarehouse