building-dbt-semantic-layer

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Guide dbt Semantic Layer with MetricFlow.

Authordbt-labs
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

The skill provides a guided, repeatable approach to building and updating the dbt Semantic Layer components—semantic models, entities, dimensions, and metrics—using MetricFlow to ensure consistent definitions across projects.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Enable and configure semantic models by adding the semantic_model block to model YAML.
  • Define primary and foreign entities, time-based dimensions, and business metrics within YAML.
  • Design derived, cross-model, and time-based metrics and validate configurations with dbt parse and MetricFlow tooling.

Quick Start

Define the semantic_model, entities, dimensions, and metrics in your model YAML as shown, then run the appropriate validation commands to verify correctness.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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