Exclude

Excluding models

dbt provides an --exclude flag with the same semantics as --select. Models specified with the --exclude flag will be removed from the set of models selected with --select.

$ dbt run --select my_package.*+ --exclude my_package.a_big_model+    # select all models in my_package and their children except a_big_model and its children

Exclude a specific resource by its name or lineage:

# test
$ dbt test --exclude not_null_orders_order_id   # test all models except the not_null_orders_order_id test
$ dbt test --exclude orders                     # test all models except tests associated with the orders model

# seed
$ dbt seed --exclude account_parent_mappings    # load all seeds except account_parent_mappings

# snapshot
$ dbt snapshot --exclude snap_order_statuses    # execute all snapshots except snap_order_statuses