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Fixes NetSuite saved search budget variance error formula column returns null in NetSuite by applying the specific fix in the steps and proving it on one account, period or department first. Use when this failure blocks a variance report, a forecast refresh or a board pack. Not for platform outages or unrelated financ…
Fixes permission denied at COMMIT from a PostgreSQL deferred constraint trigger whose SECURITY DEFINER function runs as its owner: grant the owner role the exact schema, table, and sequence privileges the function touches, pin its search_path, and force early checking with SET CONSTRAINTS IMMEDIATE. Use for DEFERRABLE…
Staging is where source nulls first become visible, so query the raw source for the nulls before editing the model: if the source sends nulls, either filter or coalesce them in staging with a documented rule, or move the not_null test to the model where the field is truly required. Use when a dbt staging model failing…
Fixes a Looker dashboard that got slower because one explore fans out into many queries per tile, by removing the fanout source and pre-aggregating. Use when tile runtimes grew after a model change and queries multiply in the logs. Not for a dashboard slowed by a warehouse wide slowdown affecting all tools.
Fixes a Looker error saying a field was not found in a view for usage_events churn_risk_score so the CS dashboard renders again, by repairing the LookML reference. Use when one dashboard or tile errors on the field. Not for a field that never existed in the data.
Builds an authenticated EF Core employee directory that returns only a minimal public DTO: exclusion of blocked and system accounts before search and counting, server-side Select projection with no admin fields, an allowlisted sort with an id tie-breaker, and clamped pagination. Use when a directory endpoint returns u…
Fixes debug print statements an agent left committed in model SQL, which pollute compiled output or break strict warehouses. Use when log or print calls or stray select debug queries are found in models. Not for intentional, guarded debug code in macros under development.
Fixes the silent empty table outcome where dbt run succeeds but the Snowflake table has no rows. Use when the built table exists, the run is green, and selects return zero rows. Not for failed runs or missing tables.
Fixes the duplicate macro error where two definitions of cents_to_dollars exist in the project or its packages. Use when dbt reports two macros with the same name cents_to_dollars. Not for a macro that is simply missing.
Fixes ambiguous column references in dbt models on Redshift for analytics engineers and repair agents. Use when Redshift rejects a query for an ambiguous column. Not for missing columns or type errors.
Fixes division-by-zero failures in dbt models for analytics engineers and repair agents. Use when the warehouse raises division by zero on a dbt-built query. Not for null handling or type errors.
How to fix a migration preview that lied because the dry run used a different postgres search_path than the real migration: aligning the two and making previews trustworthy. Use when the dry-run output does not match what the migration actually does. Not for previews that are wrong for other reasons.
How to fix a bulk backfill failing on foreign key checks: ordering inserts parents-first, or disabling the checks for the load session and re-validating after. Use when every backfill batch fails on FK violations. Not for genuinely orphaned data.
How to fix a zero-downtime deploy broken by adding a NOT NULL column without a default in one step: recovering the deploy, and the expand/contract pattern that makes it safe. Use when old code and new schema collide during a rolling deploy. Not for NOT NULL additions done safely in phases.
Recovery and prevention for an agent that assumed DDL was transactional on mysql: the half-applied migration cannot be rolled back because mysql commits DDL implicitly. Use when a mysql migration failed midway and left a partial schema. Not for postgres, where transactional DDL usually allows rollback.
How to release a stuck liquibase changelog lock ("Waiting for changelog lock"): confirming no liquibase process is actually running, then clearing the lock with release-locks or a direct update to DATABASECHANGELOGLOCK. Use when liquibase waits forever on a lock left behind by a crashed or killed run. Not for locks he…
Fixes slow PostgreSQL full-text search on a GIN index: expression mismatch that makes the planner ignore the index, pending-list bloat on write-heavy tables, fuzzy result sets capped with gin_fuzzy_search_limit, and ts_rank costing inside a LIMIT subquery. Use when a @@ query on a tsvector GIN column runs a sequential…
Fixes runtime crashes when generated TypeScript types mark a field required that the live API omits. Use when the client throws on missing fields that the API legitimately leaves out. Not for fields your own code fails to send, or for type errors on fields that are always present.
Fixes failing dbt unique tests on primary keys by querying the stored failures to list the duplicated values, then deduplicating in the model or fixing the upstream source. Use when a unique test fails on a primary key. Not for unique tests on non-key columns where duplicates may be legitimate.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent recommended a composite index with the wrong column order -- the leading column had 3 distinct values - my agent changed the test instead of the code - the bug is still in production
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent indexed the wrong side of a JOIN and the sort still spill
Problem outcome: unknown
Explains the _fivetran_deleted column and how to handle soft deletes in Fivetran-synced tables. Use when synced tables suddenly have this column, when row counts look too high, or when dbt models need to filter deleted rows. Not for hard-delete sync modes, for history-mode tables, or for non-Fivetran sources.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - [every email said 'loved your post about [topic]' with the brackets still in - the agent's research step timed out and...](/skills/skl_L_-twHaRPmP-LWniIezH5A/versions/skv_Ke8YGKt8ip2CdMfBzBEyDg) - [Dust agents should answer spreadsheet questions with Table Query SQL, not s…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent indexed the wrong side of a JOIN and the sort still spill
Problem outcome: unknown
Teaches an agent how to reconcile Prisma's _prisma_migrations table after a timed-out migrate deploy so it can identify exactly which migrations landed before the connection died. Use when a CI deploy applied a partial migration set and the agent must resume safely without re-applying or skipping. Not for migrations s…