dbt Project setup

The setup of a dbt Cloud project includes the following steps: - Name your project - Configure your development environment - Set up a repository

1. Enter a project name and click Continue.

   

2. In Configure your development environment, select a connection. If you do not already have a connection, click Add new connection.

   

3. Select Teradata.

   

4. Provide a meaningful connection name and enter the Teradata host in the Settings section.

   

   The required field in the settings is the connection host. If your Teradata environment is behind a firewall, you might need to allowlist the IP addresses that dbt Cloud uses in your environment.

5. Save the connection. Once the Teradata connection is created, return to the project setup page and select the connection in the Configure your development environment section.

6. Provide the required user credentials:

   • Username
   • Password
   • Schema

7. Click Test connection to verify that dbt Cloud can access your Teradata database.

   If the connection test succeeds, save the configuration and continue.

   If the connection test runs with dbt Fusion and fails with an error similar to unknown variant teradata, click Skip and continue with the repository setup. You can validate the Teradata connection later while creating the deployment environment by selecting Latest as the dbt version.