DBT Core

Connector Category

ETL System

OvalEdge Release Current Connector Version

6.3.4

Connectivity

[How OvalEdge connects to DBT Core]

S3 Bucket/NFS

OvalEdge Releases Supported (Available from)

Release6.x Onwards

Crawling of Metadata Objects 

Supported

Metadata Preview

Supported

Lineage 

Supported

Lineage Levels Supported

• Table Lineage
• Column Lineage

Authentication via Credential Manager

Supported

Data Quality

Not Supported

DAM (Data Access Management)

Not Supported

Bridge

Supported 

Operations

Minimum Permissions

Connection Validation

Read Only Access

Crawl Objects

Read Only Access

Field Name

Description

Connector Type

By default, "DBT Core" is displayed as the selected connector type.

Connector Settings

Credential Manager*

Select the desired credentials manager from the dropdown list. Relevant parameters will be displayed based on your selection.

Supported Credential Managers:

• OE Credential Manager
• HashiCorp Vault
• AWS Secrets Manager
• Azure Key Vault

License Add Ons

OvalEdge connectors have a default license add-on for data crawling and profiling.

• Select the checkbox for Auto Lineage Add-On to build data lineage automatically.

Connector Environment

Select the environment (Example: PROD, STG) configured for the connector.

Connector Name*

Enter a unique name for the DBT Core connection.             

(Example: "DBTCore_Prod").

DBT Core Repository type*

Choose the appropriate option from the drop-down list.

• NFS
• S3

If you select NFS from the drop-down list, enter the following:

• Path*: Enter the path where the DBT Project resides.

If you select S3 from the drop-down list, enter the following:

• Authentication*: 
•  IAM user authentication in Amazon S3 securely controls access to AWS services using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
  • Role-based authentication (RBAC) in Amazon S3 grants access to an S3 bucket using an AWS role instead of access/secret keys.

Note: Role-based Authentication is not supported in DBT Core for S3.

• S3 Bucket name*: Enter the name of the S3 bucket where DBT resides.

• S3 zip pathname name: Enter the path name where the zip file was extracted from the manifest file in the project folder.

• Access key*: Enter a unique identifier that is part of the credential pair, like a username.
  Note: This Field is available when the Authentication mechanism is selected as "IAM User Authentication."

• Secret key*: A secret, like a password, is used to sign requests to AWS.
  Note: This Field is available when the Authentication mechanism is selected as "IAM User Authentication."

• Filter by tags: Specify tags as filters to limit the scope of objects the connector will interact with.
  Example: ovaledge=9,region=ohio,region=oregon

• Region: The Region refers to the specific geographical location where your Amazon S3 bucket resides. 
  Example: us-east-1

• SSO Connection Id: The SSO connection ID is used to authenticate and authorize access to Amazon S3.

• SSO Application Id: This specific application ID within the SSO system connects to Amazon S3.
• SSO Role Prefix: Specifies the roles in the SSO system that have access to Amazon S3 and manage permissions.

• RDAM Policy Folder Path: Enter the Bucket/Folder path in the S3 to write the policies.

Default Governance Roles

Default Governance Roles*

Select the appropriate users or teams for each governance role from the dropdown list. All users and teams configured in OvalEdge Security are displayed for selection.

Admin Roles

Admin Roles*

Select one or more users from the dropdown list for Integration Admin and Security and Governance Admin. All users configured in OvalEdge Security are available for selection.

No Of Archive Objects*

It indicates the number of recent metadata changes to a dataset at the source. By default, it is off. You can enable it by toggling the Archive button and specifying the number of objects to archive.

Example: Setting it to 4 retrieves the last four changes, shown in the 'version' column of the 'Metadata Changes' module.

Bridge

Select Bridge*

If applicable, select the bridge from the drop-down list.

The drop-down list displays all active bridges configured in OvalEdge. These bridges enable communication between data sources and OvalEdge without altering firewall rules.

S.No.

Error Description

Resolution

1

Failed to establish a connection, Please check the credentials

Provide valid credentials or ensure proper access.

2

An error occurred while validating the DBT Core connection.

403: Access denied [Provide appropriate access to user or role using in connection]

404: No such key [The object does not exist in the remote.]