Get set up in a few minutes
A profile is the definition of a warehouse and the targets you wish to use when working against that warehouse. Most companies have a single warehouse, but it’s possible to need to define multiple profiles.
A target is the specific credentials and warehouse details for a given profile. Because profiles can have multiple targets, you can quickly switch between different users or environments of the same profile inside Deep Channel:
Deep Channel will check for a profiles.yml in four places:
- The location of the DBT_PROFILES_DIR environment variable
- The root of the dbt project
- Any custom path set in your Settings (Settings > dbt > Custom profiles.yml path)
- In your home directory, at ~/.dbt/profiles.yml
Create a profiles.yml file
If you don’t have one, you can create a new one in a few minutes.
If you don’t have a .dbt folder in your home directory, just create a new one:
And then create a profiles.yml file:
macOS and Linux:
Windows:
With a blank profiles.yml, we can now open a project in Deep Channel. Open Deep Channel and select Open dbt Project, navigate to the folder that contains your dbt_project.yml file, and click Import.
Because your profiles.yml is empty, Deep Channel will show a Profiles error message in the Profile selector. Click this error message and then click Edit - you can then edit the profiles.yml inside Deep Channel.
Populate the profile.yml with a profile, one or more outputs, and its target.
Have questions, thoughts or feedback? We'd love to hear it - reach out to us at hello@deepchannel.com.
