metadata

dbt-coves generate metadata

This command will generate a dbt-coves metadata CSV file for your database table(s). This can then be used to collect descriptions from stakeholders and later used as an input to other dbt-coves commands such as dbt-coves generate sources

TheMetadata file consists of comma-separated values in which the user can specify column(s) keys and descriptions and is particularly useful for working with stakeholders to get descriptions for dbt YML files when generate sources or generate properties is used.

Arguments

dbt-coves generate metadata supports the following args:

--database DATABASE
# Database where source relations live, if different than the dbt target

--schemas SCHEMAS
# Comma separated list of schemas where raw data resides, i.e. 'RAW_SALESFORCE,RAW_HUBSPOT'

--select-relations SELECT_RELATIONS
# Comma separated list of relations where raw data resides, i.e. 'hubspot_products,salesforce_users'

--exclude-relations EXCLUDE_RELATIONS
# Filter relation(s) to exclude from source file(s) generation

--destination DESTINATION
# Generated metadata file destination path

--no-prompt
# Silently generate metadata