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Snowflake and DBT Preparation Guide

This guide provides a structured 7-day plan to learn Snowflake and DBT, focusing on essential concepts and practical skills. It covers Snowflake architecture, data loading, basic SQL, and DBT model creation, along with advanced topics like incremental models and testing. The final day emphasizes review and preparation for client interviews, ensuring confidence in discussing learned topics.

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Snowflake and DBT Preparation Guide

This guide provides a structured 7-day plan to learn Snowflake and DBT, focusing on essential concepts and practical skills. It covers Snowflake architecture, data loading, basic SQL, and DBT model creation, along with advanced topics like incremental models and testing. The final day emphasizes review and preparation for client interviews, ensuring confidence in discussing learned topics.

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Snowflake and DBT Preparation Guide

This guide is designed to help you quickly learn Snowflake and DBT in 1 week. Focus on the

essentials, practice key concepts, and gain confidence for your client interview.

Day 1-2: Learn Snowflake Basics

1. Snowflake Architecture

- Understand Snowflake's architecture: storage, compute, and services layers.

- Learn about virtual warehouses for compute and databases/schemas for storage.

2. Data Loading

- Practice loading data using COPY INTO from internal/external stages.

- Example:

COPY INTO my_table

FROM @my_stage

FILE_FORMAT = (TYPE = 'CSV');

3. Basic SQL in Snowflake

- Learn to create databases, schemas, and tables.

- Practice SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE queries.

4. Snowflake Functions

- Explore built-in functions (e.g., DATE, STRING, AGGREGATE).

Day 3-4: Learn DBT Basics

1. What is DBT?

- Understand DBT as a transformation tool that builds SQL models.

2. Set Up DBT
- Install DBT CLI or use DBT Cloud.

- Configure the profiles.yml file for Snowflake connection.

3. Create Models

- Write SQL queries in .sql files inside the models/ folder.

- Use SELECT queries to transform raw data.

4. Seeds and Snapshots

- Load static data with seeds (CSV files).

- Use snapshots to track historical changes in your data.

5. Run DBT Commands

- dbt run: Execute models.

- dbt test: Test data quality.

- dbt seed: Load static data.

Day 5-6: Advanced Snowflake and DBT

1. Snowflake Best Practices

- Use warehouses efficiently (scale up/down as needed).

- Partition large tables for better performance.

2. Incremental Models in DBT

- Learn to process only new or updated data using incremental materialization.

- Example configuration in dbt_project.yml:

{{ config(materialized='incremental') }}

3. Use Macros in DBT

- Automate repetitive tasks using Jinja and macros.


- Example:

{% macro filter_active_users(table_name) %}

SELECT * FROM {{ table_name }} WHERE is_active = TRUE

{% endmacro %}

4. Testing and Documentation

- Write tests for your models (e.g., unique, not_null).

- Generate and view documentation using dbt docs.

Day 7: Final Review and Practice

1. Review Key Concepts

- Go through Snowflake basics, DBT models, seeds, snapshots, and macros.

2. Practice End-to-End Workflow

- Load raw data into Snowflake.

- Create DBT models to transform the data.

- Test and document your transformations.

3. Prepare for the Interview

- Be ready to explain:

- Snowflake architecture and key features.

- How you created models, seeds, or snapshots in DBT.

- Examples of SQL queries and transformations you wrote.

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