GitHub

This package models GitHub data from Fivetran's connector. It uses data in the format described by this ERD.

This package is designed enrich your Fivetran data by doing the following:

• Add descriptions to tables and columns that are synced using Fivetran
• Add freshness tests to source data
• Add column-level testing where applicable. For example, all primary keys are tested for uniqueness and non-null values.
• Model staging tables, which will be used in our transform package

Models

This package contains staging models, designed to work simultaneously with our GitHub modeling package. The staging models are designed to:

• Remove any rows that are soft-deleted
• Name columns consistently across all packages:
  • Boolean fields are prefixed with is_ or has_
  • Timestamps are appended with _at
  • ID primary keys are prefixed with the name of the table. For example, the user table's ID column is renamed user_id.

Installation Instructions

Check dbt Hub for the latest installation instructions, or read the docs for more information on installing packages.

Configuration

By default this package will run using your target database, and the github schema. If this is not where your GitHub data is (perhaps your gitHub schema is Github_fivetran), please add the following configuration to your dbt_project.yml file:

# dbt_project.yml

...
config-version: 2

vars:
  github_source:
    github_database: your_database_name
    github_schema: your_schema_name 

Contributions

Additional contributions to this package are very welcome! Please create issues or open PRs against master. Check out this post on the best workflow for contributing to a package.

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