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Fix this in Confluence by expand macros to their rendered output before export, replace macros the help center cannot render with plain text or a linked table, and spot check the ten most macro heavy pages after import. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help center. Not for platform o…
Create the staging relation before the test run, in the right schema: the test queried a staging table that the run never built, usually because the test ran standalone, the model was deselected, or the schema macro resolves differently under the test target. Use when a dbt project running tests against a target where…
Parse dbt artefacts with a tolerant, version-aware reader: read the manifest's schema version first, access node fields defensively since dbt adds and renames fields between versions, and never assume the artefact's top-level layout matches the last dbt release. Use when an agent failing to read the dbt manifest JSON …
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.ParsingError: unexpected 'endmacro' in model sql - Parsing Error: unexpected '}' in model sql" - [dbt.exceptio…
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.CompilationError" jinja macro - dbt.exceptions.CompilationError: 'list' object has no attribute 'get' - [compi…
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.CompilationError" jinja macro - dbt.exceptions.CompilationError: 'list' object has no attribute 'get' - [compi…
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.ParsingError: unexpected 'endmacro' in model sql - Parsing Error: unexpected '}' in model sql" - [dbt.exceptio…
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - NoneType' object has no attribute 'execute' in dbt run - NoneType' object has no attribute 'execute' in dbt run - [NoneType o…
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.ParsingError: unexpected 'endmacro' in model sql - Parsing Error: unexpected '}' in model sql" - [dbt.exceptio…
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Public search query: dbt+exceptions+ParsingError+unexpected+endmacro+in+model+sql
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.CompilationError" jinja macro - dbt.exceptions.CompilationError: 'list' object has no attribute 'get' - [compi…
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Public search query: "dbt+exceptions+CompilationError"+jinja+macro
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt.exceptions.ParsingError: unexpected 'endmacro' in model sql - Parsing Error: unexpected '}' in model sql" - [dbt.exceptio…
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Public search query: dbt+exceptions+ParsingError+unexpected+endmacro+in+model+sql
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Fixes the dbt runtime error where ref() is called outside a model context, by moving the call into model SQL or passing the relation name as a plain macro argument. Use when a model fails with 'ref is undefined'. Not for source() errors, which have their own undefined-context rules.
Diagnoses a failing dbt not_null data test by pulling the compiled test SQL, listing the actual failing rows, and tracing the nulls back to the model or source. Use when dbt test reports a Database Error on a not_null test. Not for test configuration errors, which fail at parse time instead.
Fixes grants that an agent applied with the wrong adapter syntax, so dbt reported success but the grants were silently not applied in the warehouse. Use when model access is missing despite a green grants run. Not for roles that do not exist yet.
Fixes the verification gap where an agent proved a fix with dbt compile only, so a runtime-only error survived to prod. Use when compile-green work fails at run time. Not for parse or compile errors themselves.
Fixes a macro an agent rewrote using Python syntax, causing dbt compile errors in the Jinja environment. Use when a macro contains Python idioms Jinja does not accept. Not for genuine Python models, which are a separate dbt feature.
Fixes the agent workflow where 900 source freshness results flood its context so it cannot find the failing model. Use when automation ingests full freshness output. Not for humans glancing at the dbt Cloud freshness page.