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# dbt

Follow these steps to connect your dbt project to Select Star.

## Before you start

To connect dbt to Select Star, you will need...

* Permission to build the dbt project

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Select Star won't need any permissions for dbt directly, but you will need to build the dbt project and generate build artifacts.
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Complete the following steps to connect dbt to Select Star.

1. [Determine what kind of dbt connection you need](#1.-determine-what-kind-of-dbt-connection-you-need)
2. [Connect dbt to Select Star](#2.-connect-dbt-to-select-star)

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Note that in order to see changes to your dbt project reflected in Select Star after the initial connection, **you must** complete either [step 3](#3.-updating-build-artifacts-automatically) or [step 4](#4.-updating-build-artifacts-manually).
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## 1. Determine what kind of dbt connection you need

Select Star can integrate with dbt via dbt cloud or via build artifacts (manifest.json, catalog.json, etc).

for DBT Cloud we require...

* a service token for the metadata api
* a job id for a custom job that will generate all the metadata we need
  * see [DBT Cloud - Setup a dbt Cloud Custom Job](/integrations/dbt/dbt-cloud.md#dbt-cloud-custom-job) for details about how to set up the job
* a `Read Only` and `Metadata Only` permission set

## 2. Connect dbt to Select Star

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If you are using multiple dbt projects and have cross-project dependencies see [dbt Project Dependencies](/integrations/dbt/dbt-project-dependencies.md).
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Go to the Select Star **Settings**. Click **Data** in the sidebar, then **+ Add** to create a new Data Source.

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Choose **dbt** in the Source Type dropdown and then follow the instructions for how you want to connect:

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[dbt Cloud](/integrations/dbt/dbt-cloud.md)
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[dbt Core (open source)](/integrations/dbt/dbt-core-open-source.md)
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### Features

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[dbt Tags](/integrations/dbt/dbt-tags-new.md)
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[dbt Tests](/integrations/dbt/dbt-tests-beta.md)
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