Installing packages with packages.yml in dbt - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the package name in packages.yml.

dbt

- package: [1]

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Asources

Bdbt_utils

Cprofiles

Dmodels

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Common Mistakes

Using 'models' or 'profiles' instead of a package name.

Forgetting to include the package name after '- package:'.

The package name is specified after '- package:' in packages.yml. 'dbt_utils' is a common package name.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to specify the version of the package in packages.yml.

dbt

  version: [1]

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Alatest

B1.0

C"0.8.0"

Dstable

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Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around the version number.

Using non-version words like 'latest' or 'stable'.

The version should be a string with quotes, like "0.8.0" to specify the package version.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the packages.yml snippet by completing the missing key.

dbt

- package: dbt_utils
  [1]: "0.8.0"

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Asource

Bname

Cpath

Dversion

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Common Mistakes

Using 'name' instead of 'version'.

Using 'source' or 'path' which are not valid keys here.

The key to specify the package version is 'version'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to add a GitHub source and version in packages.yml.

dbt

- package: [1]
  [2]: "0.7.0"

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Afishtownanalytics/dbt_utils

Bversion

Cdbt_utils

Dname

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Common Mistakes

Using just the package name instead of the GitHub path.

Using 'name' instead of 'version' for the version key.

The package is specified with the GitHub repo path, and the version key is 'version'.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to add two packages with versions in packages.yml.

dbt

- package: [1]
  [2]: "0.8.0"
- package: [3]
  version: "0.7.0"

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Afishtownanalytics/dbt_utils

Bversion

Cdbt-expectations

Dname

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Common Mistakes

Using 'name' instead of 'version'.

Using package names without the GitHub path for the first package.

The first package uses the GitHub repo path, the version key is 'version', and the second package is 'dbt-expectations'.