DBT (Data Build Tool) for Beginners: A Modern Approach to Data Transformation

Join us for a hands-on introduction to DBT (data build tool) — the modern data transformation framework that’s taking over where stored procedures and SSIS once ruled. Designed for analytics engineering, DBT enables SQL-savvy professionals to bring software engineering best practices (like version control, testing, modular design, and CI/CD) into the data warehouse.

Whether you’re building star schemas, dimensional models, or operational reporting layers, DBT fits naturally into a Microsoft-based background and pairs powerfully with cloud data warehouses.

In this session, you’ll learn:

* What DBT is and why it’s revolutionizing ELT
* How DBT models work and how they relate to views/tables in your database
* How to set up a DBT project with Git and run your first transformations
* Testing, documentation, and deployment automation with DBT Cloud
* A comparison to SSIS
* No Python required – if you know SQL, you can learn DBT!