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Written by Mika Heino | 25.03.2025

A State of Cloud Data Warehouses Talk Show is a video series in which our Partner and Data Architect Mika Heino interviews different data and AI/ML experts about topics close to their hearts.

 

What dbt features should everyone using it know about?

This time, our dbt expert Mikko Sulonen presents the features you need to know as a dbt user. This includes both underutilized features and those that currently are the hottest of the hottest.

This video is part two of a series that talks about dbt. Did you miss the first video? Check it out here.

Here's what you'll hear about in the video:

  • 03:07 Which dbt features do we hear way too little about?
  • 04:25 Pull request schema 
  • 09:37 Which dbt features are not used enough? 
  • 10:00 Defer to prod 
  • 14:45 What is the hottest feature of dbt? 

The video is in Finnish but equipped with English subtitles 🇫🇮🇬🇧