Validation schemas for dbt configuration files

This repository contains JSON schemas that provide validation, autocomplete and documentation in VSCode for dbt configuration files:

• dbt_project.yml
• packages.yml
• profiles.yml
• resource configuration files located in various subfolders of dbt project
• Fivetran deployment.yml file

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Installation and configuration

First you need to install YAML extension for VSCode.

To enable the schemas for a single dbt project, create a file .vscode/settings.json in the project and add the following configuration there:

{
  "yaml.schemas": {
    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivetran/dbt_yaml_schemas@main/schemas/profiles.json": "profiles.yml",
    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivetran/dbt_yaml_schemas@main/schemas/dbt_project.json": "dbt_project.yml",
    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivetran/dbt_yaml_schemas@main/schemas/deployment.json": "deployment.yml",
    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivetran/dbt_yaml_schemas@main/schemas/packages.json": "packages.yml",
    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivetran/dbt_yaml_schemas@main/schemas/resources.json": [
      "models/**/*.yml",
      "analysis/**/*.yml",
      "data/**/*.yml",
      "snapshots/**/*.yml",
      "macros/**/*.yml"
    ]
  }
}

You may need to adjust file patterns if your project has different sctructure.

In order to enable the schemas globally, go to VSCode Preferences -> Settings -> Extensions -> YAML -> Schemas, click Edit in settings.json, paste the code above into settings.json and save it.

You can also specify schemas for individual files by adding the following comment to the file

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivetran/dbt_yaml_schemas@main/schemas/resources.json