`union_relations` with `exclude` param on unmodified models not working with `dbt docs generate` in CI run
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug
Now… that’s a long title 😅
Basically if you’re using the exclude param in the union_relations macro in a model that isn’t part of your CI run, dbt docs generate throws an error.
Steps to reproduce
Preamble
Make sure we already have a prod run (dbt build) and a CI run (dbt run --select state:modified+) setup in dbt Cloud with the generate docs option ticked.
- Project setup:
# dbt_project.yml
name: "my_dbt_project"
version: "1.0.0"
config-version: 2
...
models:
+materialized: view
my_dbt_project:
staging:
schema: stg
-- models/baz.sql
select 'baz' as user_id
-- models/staging/foo.sql
select 'foo' as user_id
-- models/staging/bar.sql
select 'bar' as user_id
-- models/publish/my_union_model.sql
with all_models as (
{{
dbt_utils.union_relations(
relations = [ref('foo'), ref('bar')],
exclude = ['_loaded_at']
)
}}
)
select * from all_models
- Do a normal
dbt buildprod run and see that there are no issues:

- Now make a modification to our
bazmodel:
-- models/baz.sql
select 'bazbaz' as user_id
- Create a PR so that this will trigger a run of your CI job. Inspect the CI run:

^ Notice the Runtime Error.
Expected results
dbt docs generate to not error.
Actual results
dbt docs generate errors with a Runtime Error.
Screenshots and log output
2022-06-14 03:12:52.077257 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Running with dbt=1.0.7
2022-06-14 03:12:52.077841 (MainThread): 03:12:52 running dbt with arguments Namespace(cls=<class 'dbt.task.generate.GenerateTask'>, compile=True, debug=None, defer=None, event_buffer_size=None, exclude=None, fail_fast=None, log_cache_events=False, log_format=None, partial_parse=None, printer_width=None, profile='user', profiles_dir='/tmp/jobs/62529925/.dbt', project_dir=None, record_timing_info=None, rpc_method='docs.generate', select=None, selector_name=None, send_anonymous_usage_stats=None, single_threaded=False, state=PosixPath('/tmp'), static_parser=None, target='default', threads=None, use_colors=None, use_experimental_parser=None, vars='{}', version_check=None, warn_error=None, which='generate', write_json=None)
2022-06-14 03:12:52.078031 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Tracking: tracking
2022-06-14 03:12:52.078403 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'invocation', 'label': 'start', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f0163c996a0>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f0163c99640>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f0163c996d0>]}
2022-06-14 03:12:52.127801 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Partial parsing enabled: 0 files deleted, 0 files added, 0 files changed.
2022-06-14 03:12:52.128082 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Partial parsing enabled, no changes found, skipping parsing
2022-06-14 03:12:52.134129 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'load_project', 'label': '9818ab21-c14d-4622-967b-42f24d78524c', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f01632d1940>]}
2022-06-14 03:12:52.142119 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'resource_counts', 'label': '9818ab21-c14d-4622-967b-42f24d78524c', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f016339b730>]}
2022-06-14 03:12:52.142471 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Found 4 models, 0 tests, 0 snapshots, 0 analyses, 392 macros, 0 operations, 0 seed files, 0 sources, 0 exposures, 0 metrics
2022-06-14 03:12:52.144037 (MainThread): 03:12:52
2022-06-14 03:12:52.144503 (MainThread): 03:12:52 Acquiring new snowflake connection "master"
2022-06-14 03:12:52.145488 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:52 Acquiring new snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg"
2022-06-14 03:12:52.145996 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 03:12:52 Acquiring new snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27"
2022-06-14 03:12:52.159790 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:52 Using snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg"
2022-06-14 03:12:52.161522 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 03:12:52 Using snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27"
2022-06-14 03:12:52.161791 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:52 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "connection_name": "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg"} */
show terse objects in development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg
2022-06-14 03:12:52.162074 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 03:12:52 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "connection_name": "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27"} */
show terse objects in development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27
2022-06-14 03:12:52.162339 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:52 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 03:12:52.162570 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 03:12:52 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 03:12:53.062295 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 03:12:53 SQL status: SUCCESS 1 in 0.9 seconds
2022-06-14 03:12:53.064691 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 03:12:53 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27: Close
2022-06-14 03:12:53.150354 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:53 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake query id: 01a4eee0-0401-9536-000d-3783087bd7ce
2022-06-14 03:12:53.151288 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:53 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake error: 002043 (02000): SQL compilation error:
Object does not exist, or operation cannot be performed.
2022-06-14 03:12:53.152529 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:53 Snowflake adapter: Error running SQL: macro list_relations_without_caching
2022-06-14 03:12:53.152859 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:53 Snowflake adapter: Rolling back transaction.
2022-06-14 03:12:53.153138 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 03:12:53 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg: Close
2022-06-14 03:12:53.366179 (MainThread): 03:12:53 Concurrency: 4 threads (target='default')
2022-06-14 03:12:53.366588 (MainThread): 03:12:53
2022-06-14 03:12:53.368676 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 03:12:53.368987 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 03:12:53.369316 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 03:12:53.369781 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.bar"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.370242 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.baz"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.370738 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.foo"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.371087 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 03:12:53.371357 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 03:12:53.371648 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 03:12:53.371937 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 03:12:53.372181 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 03:12:53.372417 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 03:12:53.375507 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.baz"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.377113 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.foo"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.377861 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:53.379434 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.bar"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.379778 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 03:12:53.379967 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:53.380405 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:53.380734 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 03:12:53.381007 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:53.381551 (Thread-28): 03:12:53 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 03:12:53.381810 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:53.382070 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 03:12:53.382673 (Thread-29): 03:12:53 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 03:12:53.382938 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:53.383476 (Thread-27): 03:12:53 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 03:12:53.384162 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 03:12:53.384563 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.384754 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 03:12:53.384916 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 03:12:53.419689 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 Using snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 03:12:53.419929 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 On model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "node_id": "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"} */
describe table development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg.foo
2022-06-14 03:12:53.420119 (Thread-30): 03:12:53 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 03:12:54.121929 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake query id: 01a4eee0-0401-9536-000d-3783087bd7d2
2022-06-14 03:12:54.122208 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake error: 002003 (02000): SQL compilation error:
Schema 'DEVELOPMENT.DBT_CLOUD_PR_94908_27_STG' does not exist or not authorized.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.122469 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Error running SQL: macro get_columns_in_relation
2022-06-14 03:12:54.122629 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Rolling back transaction.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.270366 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Using snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 03:12:54.270614 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 On model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "node_id": "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"} */
describe table development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_27_stg.bar
2022-06-14 03:12:54.468793 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake query id: 01a4eee0-0401-9536-000d-3783087bd7d6
2022-06-14 03:12:54.469039 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake error: 002003 (02000): SQL compilation error:
Schema 'DEVELOPMENT.DBT_CLOUD_PR_94908_27_STG' does not exist or not authorized.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.469304 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Error running SQL: macro get_columns_in_relation
2022-06-14 03:12:54.469461 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Snowflake adapter: Rolling back transaction.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.471096 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 03:12:54.471367 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 On model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model: Close
2022-06-14 03:12:54.699652 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Compilation Error in model my_union_model (models/publish/my_union_model.sql)
There were no columns found to union for relations foo, bar
> in macro default__union_relations (macros/sql/union.sql)
> called by macro union_relations (macros/sql/union.sql)
> called by model my_union_model (models/publish/my_union_model.sql)
> called by model my_union_model (models/publish/my_union_model.sql)
2022-06-14 03:12:54.700064 (Thread-30): 03:12:54 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 03:12:54.700708 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Connection 'master' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.701128 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.baz' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.701291 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.bar' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.701450 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.foo' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.701595 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 03:12:54.701885 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'invocation', 'label': 'end', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f01680da640>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f01680daca0>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f01680dab80>]}
2022-06-14 03:12:54.702217 (MainThread): 03:12:54 Flushing usage events
2022-06-14 03:12:54.725730 (MainThread): Runtime Error
Compilation Error in model my_union_model (models/publish/my_union_model.sql)
There were no columns found to union for relations foo, bar
> in macro default__union_relations (macros/sql/union.sql)
> called by macro union_relations (macros/sql/union.sql)
> called by model my_union_model (models/publish/my_union_model.sql)
> called by model my_union_model (models/publish/my_union_model.sql)
System information
The contents of your packages.yml file:
packages:
- package: dbt-labs/dbt_utils
version: 0.8.4
Which database are you using dbt with?
- postgres
- redshift
- bigquery
- snowflake
- other (specify: ____________)
The output of dbt --version:
1.0.7 in dbt Cloud
Additional context
Initially I thought that the log lines:
Schema 'DEVELOPMENT.DBT_CLOUD_PR_94908_27_STG' does not exist or not authorized.
contributed to this - but if you actually do not use the exclude param - e.g.
-- models/publish/my_union_model.sql
with all_models as (
{{
dbt_utils.union_relations(
relations = [ref('foo'), ref('bar')]
)
}}
)
select * from all_models
You still see the same lines logged BUT there is no error emitted. This is an example log of just that happening:
2022-06-14 02:45:36.874225 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Running with dbt=1.0.7
2022-06-14 02:45:36.874823 (MainThread): 02:45:36 running dbt with arguments Namespace(cls=<class 'dbt.task.generate.GenerateTask'>, compile=True, debug=None, defer=None, event_buffer_size=None, exclude=None, fail_fast=None, log_cache_events=False, log_format=None, partial_parse=None, printer_width=None, profile='user', profiles_dir='/tmp/jobs/62525334/.dbt', project_dir=None, record_timing_info=None, rpc_method='docs.generate', select=None, selector_name=None, send_anonymous_usage_stats=None, single_threaded=False, state=PosixPath('/tmp'), static_parser=None, target='default', threads=None, use_colors=None, use_experimental_parser=None, vars='{}', version_check=None, warn_error=None, which='generate', write_json=None)
2022-06-14 02:45:36.875014 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Tracking: tracking
2022-06-14 02:45:36.875413 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'invocation', 'label': 'start', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f08bcbb6ee0>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f08bcbb6e80>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f08bcbb6f10>]}
2022-06-14 02:45:36.925386 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Partial parsing enabled: 0 files deleted, 0 files added, 0 files changed.
2022-06-14 02:45:36.925707 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Partial parsing enabled, no changes found, skipping parsing
2022-06-14 02:45:36.932264 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'load_project', 'label': 'cba5840a-d584-4e43-a087-524062821736', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f08bc955550>]}
2022-06-14 02:45:36.940814 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'resource_counts', 'label': 'cba5840a-d584-4e43-a087-524062821736', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f08bca1b250>]}
2022-06-14 02:45:36.941162 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Found 4 models, 1 test, 0 snapshots, 0 analyses, 392 macros, 0 operations, 0 seed files, 0 sources, 0 exposures, 0 metrics
2022-06-14 02:45:36.942671 (MainThread): 02:45:36
2022-06-14 02:45:36.943174 (MainThread): 02:45:36 Acquiring new snowflake connection "master"
2022-06-14 02:45:36.944301 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:36 Acquiring new snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg"
2022-06-14 02:45:36.944819 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 02:45:36 Acquiring new snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25"
2022-06-14 02:45:36.958614 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:36 Using snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg"
2022-06-14 02:45:36.960409 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 02:45:36 Using snowflake connection "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25"
2022-06-14 02:45:36.960684 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:36 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "connection_name": "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg"} */
show terse objects in development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg
2022-06-14 02:45:36.960974 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 02:45:36 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "connection_name": "list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25"} */
show terse objects in development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25
2022-06-14 02:45:36.961216 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:36 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 02:45:36.961439 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 02:45:36 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 02:45:37.890424 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 02:45:37 SQL status: SUCCESS 1 in 0.93 seconds
2022-06-14 02:45:37.893008 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_1): 02:45:37 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25: Close
2022-06-14 02:45:37.938899 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:37 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake query id: 01a4eec5-0401-9535-000d-3783087bcbaa
2022-06-14 02:45:37.939162 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:37 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake error: 002043 (02000): SQL compilation error:
Object does not exist, or operation cannot be performed.
2022-06-14 02:45:37.939506 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:37 Snowflake adapter: Error running SQL: macro list_relations_without_caching
2022-06-14 02:45:37.939682 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:37 Snowflake adapter: Rolling back transaction.
2022-06-14 02:45:37.939944 (ThreadPoolExecutor-1_0): 02:45:37 On list_development_dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg: Close
2022-06-14 02:45:38.120193 (MainThread): 02:45:38 Concurrency: 4 threads (target='default')
2022-06-14 02:45:38.120627 (MainThread): 02:45:38
2022-06-14 02:45:38.122767 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 02:45:38.123085 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 02:45:38.123444 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 02:45:38.123891 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.bar"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.124357 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.baz"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.124871 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.foo"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.125189 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 02:45:38.125469 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 02:45:38.125729 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 02:45:38.126065 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 02:45:38.126342 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 02:45:38.126634 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 02:45:38.129773 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.baz"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.131350 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.bar"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.132938 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.foo"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.133704 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:38.134165 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 02:45:38.134368 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:38.134653 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:38.134899 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:38.135228 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 02:45:38.135517 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 02:45:38.136041 (Thread-28): 02:45:38 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.baz
2022-06-14 02:45:38.136379 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:38.136633 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:38.137252 (Thread-27): 02:45:38 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.bar
2022-06-14 02:45:38.137702 (Thread-29): 02:45:38 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.foo
2022-06-14 02:45:38.138507 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 Began running node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 02:45:38.138920 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 Acquiring new snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.139110 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 Began compiling node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 02:45:38.139269 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 Compiling model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 02:45:38.175072 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 Using snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 02:45:38.175355 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 On model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "node_id": "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"} */
describe table development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg.foo
2022-06-14 02:45:38.175549 (Thread-30): 02:45:38 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 02:45:39.040401 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake query id: 01a4eec5-0401-9535-000d-3783087bcbae
2022-06-14 02:45:39.040800 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake error: 002003 (02000): SQL compilation error:
Schema 'DEVELOPMENT.DBT_CLOUD_PR_94908_25_STG' does not exist or not authorized.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.041228 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Error running SQL: macro get_columns_in_relation
2022-06-14 02:45:39.041484 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Rolling back transaction.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.045393 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Using snowflake connection "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.045697 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 On model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "node_id": "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"} */
describe table development.dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg.bar
2022-06-14 02:45:39.216198 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake query id: 01a4eec5-0401-9536-000d-3783087bd55e
2022-06-14 02:45:39.216471 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Snowflake error: 002003 (02000): SQL compilation error:
Schema 'DEVELOPMENT.DBT_CLOUD_PR_94908_25_STG' does not exist or not authorized.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.216738 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Error running SQL: macro get_columns_in_relation
2022-06-14 02:45:39.216899 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Snowflake adapter: Rolling back transaction.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.222834 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Writing injected SQL for node "model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.223352 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:39.223591 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Began executing node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 02:45:39.223773 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:39.223974 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 On model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model: Close
2022-06-14 02:45:39.411156 (Thread-30): 02:45:39 Finished running node model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model
2022-06-14 02:45:39.412098 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Began running node test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04
2022-06-14 02:45:39.412569 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Acquiring new snowflake connection "test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.412788 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Began compiling node test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04
2022-06-14 02:45:39.412965 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Compiling test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04
2022-06-14 02:45:39.424047 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Writing injected SQL for node "test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.424495 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:39.424724 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Began executing node test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04
2022-06-14 02:45:39.424908 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 finished collecting timing info
2022-06-14 02:45:39.425263 (Thread-27): 02:45:39 Finished running node test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04
2022-06-14 02:45:39.426264 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Connection 'master' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.426478 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Connection 'test.my_dbt_project.not_null_my_union_model_user_id.4b7cc2cd04' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.426634 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.baz' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.426778 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.foo' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.426919 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Connection 'model.my_dbt_project.my_union_model' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.435369 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Done.
2022-06-14 02:45:39.437154 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Acquiring new snowflake connection "generate_catalog"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.437366 (MainThread): 02:45:39 Building catalog
2022-06-14 02:45:39.438495 (ThreadPoolExecutor-2_0): 02:45:39 Acquiring new snowflake connection "development.information_schema"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.445779 (ThreadPoolExecutor-2_0): 02:45:39 Using snowflake connection "development.information_schema"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.445988 (ThreadPoolExecutor-2_0): 02:45:39 On development.information_schema: /* {"app": "dbt", "dbt_version": "1.0.7", "profile_name": "user", "target_name": "default", "connection_name": "development.information_schema"} */
with tables as (
select
table_catalog as "table_database",
table_schema as "table_schema",
table_name as "table_name",
table_type as "table_type",
comment as "table_comment",
-- note: this is the _role_ that owns the table
table_owner as "table_owner",
'Clustering Key' as "stats:clustering_key:label",
clustering_key as "stats:clustering_key:value",
'The key used to cluster this table' as "stats:clustering_key:description",
(clustering_key is not null) as "stats:clustering_key:include",
'Row Count' as "stats:row_count:label",
row_count as "stats:row_count:value",
'An approximate count of rows in this table' as "stats:row_count:description",
(row_count is not null) as "stats:row_count:include",
'Approximate Size' as "stats:bytes:label",
bytes as "stats:bytes:value",
'Approximate size of the table as reported by Snowflake' as "stats:bytes:description",
(bytes is not null) as "stats:bytes:include",
'Last Modified' as "stats:last_modified:label",
to_varchar(convert_timezone('UTC', last_altered), 'yyyy-mm-dd HH24:MI'||'UTC') as "stats:last_modified:value",
'The timestamp for last update/change' as "stats:last_modified:description",
(last_altered is not null and table_type='BASE TABLE') as "stats:last_modified:include"
from development.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables
),
columns as (
select
table_catalog as "table_database",
table_schema as "table_schema",
table_name as "table_name",
column_name as "column_name",
ordinal_position as "column_index",
data_type as "column_type",
comment as "column_comment"
from development.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
)
select *
from tables
join columns using ("table_database", "table_schema", "table_name")
where (upper("table_schema") = upper('dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25_stg') or upper("table_schema") = upper('dbt_cloud_pr_94908_25'))
order by "column_index"
2022-06-14 02:45:39.446181 (ThreadPoolExecutor-2_0): 02:45:39 Opening a new connection, currently in state init
2022-06-14 02:45:41.782646 (ThreadPoolExecutor-2_0): 02:45:41 SQL status: SUCCESS 1 in 2.34 seconds
2022-06-14 02:45:41.789754 (ThreadPoolExecutor-2_0): 02:45:41 On development.information_schema: Close
2022-06-14 02:45:41.987080 (MainThread): 02:45:41 Catalog written to /tmp/jobs/62525334/target/dbt/snowflake/target/catalog.json
2022-06-14 02:45:41.987581 (MainThread): 02:45:41 Sending event: {'category': 'dbt', 'action': 'invocation', 'label': 'end', 'context': [<snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f091a2cab20>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f091a2cabe0>, <snowplow_tracker.self_describing_json.SelfDescribingJson object at 0x7f091a2cad00>]}
2022-06-14 02:45:41.987917 (MainThread): 02:45:41 Flushing usage events
2022-06-14 02:45:42.008211 (MainThread): 02:45:42 Connection 'generate_catalog' was properly closed.
2022-06-14 02:45:42.008493 (MainThread): 02:45:42 Connection 'development.information_schema' was properly closed.
Are you interested in contributing the fix?
Sure - haven’t fully digested why yet though.
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Good choice on not using
!= 'generate'in your eventual solution since in rpc mode it’s flagged asrpcwhich is…unexpected.This (presumed) fix went out in version 0.8.6 – hopefully this fixes things for you @erika-e. Please let me know if not.