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dbt Incremental: Choosing the Right Strategy — P1 | by Alice Bui | Joon Solutions | Medium

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We are a team of data fanatics. We eat, sleep, and dream data. If you are looking to upskill or just keep up to speed with the insanely rapid growth in the data industry follow us for weekly updates! Follow publication 146 Listen Share More Incremental materialization is an advanced and powerful feature of dbt. However, it’s important to note that you don’t need to use it in every single model of your project. Understanding when and how to leverage incremental materialization can be a game-changer for your data workflows. This blog post will delve into the benefits and trade-offs of incremental and full refresh approaches. Our goal is to guide you through the decision-making process, helping you maximize the efficiency of your data models. When using the full refresh strategy, dbt will discard the current destination table and create a new one from the entire source transformed data. On the other hand, with incremental models, you can transform and insert only the recent data into your

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