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dbt_project.yml

Every dbt project needs a dbt_project.yml file — this is how dbt knows a directory is a dbt project. It also contains important information that tells dbt how to operate your project.

dbt uses YAML in a few different places. If you're new to YAML, it would be worth learning how arrays, dictionaries, and strings are represented.

Something to note, you can't set up a "property" in the dbt_project.yml file if it's not a config (an example is macros). This applies to all types of resources. Refer to Configs and properties for more detail.

The following example is a list of all available configurations in the dbt_project.yml file:

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