Now that we know what dbt is let’s talk about the five key reasons why you should use it.
SQL-First: No New Language to Learn
Write transformations in plain SQL. Any analyst who knows SELECT can use dbt. No Spark, Python, or Scala required.
Built-in Testing & Data Quality
uniqueness, not_null, accepted_values, relationships — test your data automatically every time you run dbt.
Auto-Generated Documentation & Lineage
dbt builds a full data catalog with a DAG lineage graph showing every dependency, automatically updated.
Modularity with ref() and source()
Reference other models with {{ ref('model_name') }}. dbt automatically builds them in the correct order.
Works with Snowflake Natively