dbt-watsonx-spark 0.0.3

IBM watsonx.data spark plugin for dbt

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications.

dbt is the T in ELT. Organize, cleanse, denormalize, filter, rename, and pre-aggregate the raw data in your warehouse so that it's ready for analysis.

dbt-watsonx-spark

The dbt-watsonx-spark package contains all of the code enabling dbt to work with IBM Spark on watsonx.data. Read the official documentation for using watsonx.data with dbt-watsonx-spark -

• Documetnation for IBM Cloud and SaaS offerrings
• Documentation for IBM watsonx.data software

Getting started

• Install dbt
• Read the introduction and viewpoint

Installation

To install the dbt-watsonx-presto plugin, use pip:

$ pip install dbt-watsonx-presto

Configuration

Ensure you have started Spark SQL server from watsonx.data. Create an entry in your ~/.dbt/profiles.yml file using the following options:

• You can view connection details by clicking on the three-dot menu for SQL server.
• You can construct and configure the profile using the below template -

dbt_wxd:

  target: dev
  outputs:
    dev:
      type: watsonx_spark
      method: "http"
      
      # number of threads for DBT operations, refer: https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/running-a-dbt-project/using-threads
      threads: 1

      # value of 'schema' must be one of the schema defined in Data Manager in watsonx.data
      schema: '<wxd_schema>'
      
      # Hostname of your watsonx.data console (ex: us-south.lakehouse.cloud.ibm.com)
      host: https://<your-host>.com

      # Uri of your Spark SQL server running on watsonx.data
      uri: "/lakehouse/api/v2/spark_engines/<spark_engine_id>/sql_servers/<server_id>/connect/cliservice"

      auth:
        # In case of SaaS, set it as CRN of watsonx.data service
        # In case of Software, set it as instance id of watsonx.data
        instance: "<CRN/InstanceId>"
        
        # In case of SaaS, set it as your email id
        # In case of Software, set it as your username
        user: "<[e-mail]/username>"

        # This must be your API Key
        apikey: "<apikey>"