DBT Run Multi-tag Selector is not working

[mytreyireddy]

Hi Everyone,

There is a use-case to run dbt command with a multi tag such as

dbt run --select tag:products, tag:orders or dbt run -m tag:products, tag:orders

But the above command is executing only the second tag related tables and not executing the first tag related tables.

Could anyone please guide in executing the mult--tag sql models in DBT ?

[jwills]

Mmm, I don't think you want to have commas in between the tags that you want to select, assuming that you want the union of the models that have tag:products and tag:orders. See here: https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/node-selection/set-operators/

[mytreyireddy]

I executed the commands without comma but still the tag:orders is only executed. The tag:products is not executed.
dbt run -m tag:products tag:orders

[jwills]

Hrm, then I'm not sure what's wrong; if you think that it's a bug or a regression, you want to file an issue or post a help question in the dbt Slack.

[mytreyireddy]

No @ManishJaiswal007. Multi-tag selector didnt work.

[clay-walker]

Sure will file an issue! Thank you !

@mytreyireddy Did you file an issue? I'd like to contribute as this is also something I need.

[mytreyireddy]

I didnt file an issue on multi-tag. @clay-walker

[karlkaebnick]

Checking in on this - did support for this get added? (or an issue opened?)

It might be nice to be able to control whether the multiple tags select models that have all the tags, or models that have any of the tags, with a syntax like:

• to select models with all of the tags: select=tag1+tag2
• to select models with any of the tags: select=tag1|tag2

[mytreyireddy]

@karlkaebnick I created the issue: #7129