{"id":4269285,"date":"2022-08-30T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/a-data-analysts-introduction-to-dbt\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:40:15","slug":"a-data-analysts-introduction-to-dbt","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-au\/insight\/a-data-analysts-introduction-to-dbt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Data Analyst\u2019s introduction to dbt"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tA Data Analyst\u2019s introduction to dbt\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>
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\n\t\t\n\t\tSo you’re a data analyst…\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\tAnd you\u2019ve heard people talking about dbt, but don\u2019t really<\/em> know what it\u2019s all about? If so, this article is for you. It explains how we at DEPT\u00ae use dbt<\/a> and covers what a data analyst<\/a> who is new to one of our projects would need to know. Hopefully it will give you a practical insight into how dbt could help you in your day to day work.

This article is written with the data analyst audience in mind, for someone who primarily writes complex SQL in their role. It is worth bearing in mind that there is infrastructure and setup required to run dbt that we don\u2019t consider in this article, for a few reasons:\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n