When to run dbt_artifacts models

[seub]

Hello, I have two small questions or clarifications about dbt_artifacts version 2.0.0:

1. Once I have done one dbt run in my project that includes the dbt_artfacts models, it is completely unnecessary in subsequent runs to include dbt_artifacts models. (That is, unless I upgrade the package dbt_artifacts). Is this correct?

2. I should be cautious not to include dbt_artifacts models when I do dbt_run --full-refresh in my project, otherwise I will lose all previous artifacts. Is this correct?

Thanks!

[jaypeedevlin]

Hey Brice! Appreciate you dropping the question here

1. You're correct, although I would usually recommend having them 'run' as part of your DAG if you can so that you have less manual steps involved
2. Yes. This is a fantastic observation, and I've just opened issue Stop source models from accidentally being full-refreshed #215 so that we can fix this, because it's definitely behavior we want to prevent (and the current setup makes this way too easy IMO).

[seub]

Thank you very much for your answers!

For 2. it is indeed easy to fix with the full_refresh config. I added in my dbt_project.yml:

models:
  my_project:
    ...
  dbt_artifacts:
    ...
    +full_refresh: false