Before ingesting dbt Cloud metadata into Dawiso, prepare your account for authentication by configuring a service account token with the necessary permissions.

Supported dbt versions

  • The latest dbt version. Dawiso is updated regularly to retrieve the most recent objects and relations from the dbt metadata API.

Connection prerequisites

  • An account with a Developer license and admin permissions

Generate a service account token

To generate a new service account token:

  1. In the left-side navigation bar of your dbt Cloud account, click your profile name and select Your profile.
  2. In the Settings menu, under API tokens, select Service tokens. dbt Generate token.png
  3. In the right corner, click + Create service token.
  4. Name your token and click + Add permissions.
  5. For the Permission set, make sure to add Metadata Only. dbt Add permission.png
  6. Save and copy the newly generated token.
Warning

The token value is displayed only once. Copy and save it immediately, otherwise you will need to generate a new token if it is lost.