Data build tool or [dbt](https://www.getdbt.com/) is a tool primarily used for transforming and creating [[Data Modeling|data models]] within a [[Data Warehouse|data warehouse]] using [[SQL]]. It's marketed as a tool to empower analysts to become self-serve analytics engineers. ## data build tool Official Documentation https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/ ## data build tool Advantages - Allows you to version control and CI/CD your data models - Run [[Data Unit Test|data unit tests]] and document data models - Write models with SQL which allows it to be used by more than just engineers ## data build tool Disadvantages #placeholder/description %% wiki footer: Please don't edit anything below this line %% ## This note in GitHub <span class="git-footer">[Edit In GitHub](https://github.dev/data-engineering-community/data-engineering-wiki/blob/main/Tools/Data%20Processing/dbt.md "git-hub-edit-note") | [Copy this note](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/data-engineering-community/data-engineering-wiki/main/Tools/Data%20Processing/dbt.md "git-hub-copy-note")</span> <span class="git-footer">Was this page helpful? [👍](https://tally.so/r/mOaxjk?rating=Yes&url=https://dataengineering.wiki/Tools/Data%20Processing/dbt) or [👎](https://tally.so/r/mOaxjk?rating=No&url=https://dataengineering.wiki/Tools/Data%20Processing/dbt)</span>