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dbt Transformation Patterns

Production-ready patterns for dbt (data build tool) including model organization, testing strategies, documentation, and incremental processing.

●Building data transformation pipelines with dbt

●Organizing models into staging, intermediate, and marts layers

●Implementing data quality tests and documentation

●Creating incremental models for large datasets

●Setting up dbt project structure and conventions

●The project is not using dbt or a warehouse-backed workflow

●You only need ad-hoc SQL queries

●There is no access to source data or schemas

●Define model layers, naming, and ownership.

●Implement tests, documentation, and freshness checks.

●Choose materializations and incremental strategies.

●Optimize runs with selectors and CI workflows.

●If detailed patterns are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

●resources/implementation-playbook.md for detailed dbt patterns and examples.

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