Allow multiple sections using -s and -ns flags, or regex pattern
whichwit opened this issue · comments
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Sometimes the naming convention of the model alone is not enough to use a single -s or -ns to get desired selection.
Describe the solution you'd like
Allow multiple sections using -s and -ns flags, or regex pattern
Describe alternatives you've considered
Generate all models then manually edit.
I think we can just inherit dbt --select , instead of using the Regex
The goal is to be able to filter the interested models. I'd think matching dbt syntax would be very natural (+1 for its support for downstream dependency selection). With the latest addition of -rt flag I'm actually able to accomplish this by putting the public models under a designated schema, which fits the business case as well.
I think we can just inherit dbt --select , instead of using the Regex
Agree, and dbt v1.5 introducing wildcard selector following unix style, and it's using fnmatch module for it
Hi @whichwit
I'd think matching dbt syntax would be very natural (+1 for its support for downstream dependency selection)
I agree that it's great if we can mimic dbt selection syntax, but I'm considering that this feature is kind of overkilled for this tool - dbterd, it doesn't make sense to show non-related models (in term of relationships) for the up/downstream layers in the ERD unless you could help to describe more details about the use case. Thanks
Currently, I beleive the wildcard and multiple selections are now good enough to serve many of use cases. Therefore, I will suggest to move this particular feature into another issue if you would still want it happen.
Agreed. Allow multiple selection alone will help a ton, to filter down relevant asset. Thank you for making the changes quickly, can't wait to try Mermaid.