Prerequisites

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Set Up New a Project

Create a project with required models. For more information on setting up a project see dbt Project. Also, you must execute required jobs and tests for the connector to extract. To know about models, jobs, and tests see dbt models and Tests.

Generate a Service Account Token

A Service token specifies a unique access token of an account used to assign specific set of permissions to manage access. Service tokens are the preferred method to enable access on behalf of the dbt Cloud account.

To generate a service account token, see Generate Service Account Tokens.

Important

In the New service token window, you must select Read-Only and All projects in the Permission set and Project fields, respectively.

Note

Optionally, instead of a service token you can obtain a Personal Access Token (PAT). A PAT specifies a unique access token of an account.

Enable ELT Source in Alation

To enable an ELT source in Alation, contact Alation Support.