feat(ingest/dbt): add only_include_if_in_catalog flag for dbt core

metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/dbt/dbt_cloud.py

@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ def _parse_into_dbt_node(self, node: Dict) -> DBTNode:
             upstream_nodes=upstream_nodes,
             materialization=materialization,
             catalog_type=catalog_type,
+            missing_from_catalog=False,  # This doesn't really apply to dbt Cloud.
             meta=meta,
             query_tag={},  # TODO: Get this from the dbt API.
             tags=tags,

metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/dbt/dbt_common.py

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class DBTSourceReport(StaleEntityRemovalSourceReport):
         default_factory=LossyList
     )
 
-    in_manifest_but_missing_catalog: LossyList[str] = field(default_factory=LossyList)
+    nodes_filtered: LossyList[str] = field(default_factory=LossyList)
 
 
 class EmitDirective(ConfigEnum):
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ class DBTNode:
     materialization: Optional[str]  # table, view, ephemeral, incremental, snapshot
     # see https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/artifacts/manifest-json
     catalog_type: Optional[str]
+    missing_from_catalog: bool  # indicates if the node was missing from the catalog.json
 
     owner: Optional[str]
 
@@ -853,6 +854,9 @@ def get_column_type(
             TypeClass = resolve_postgres_modified_type(column_type)
         elif dbt_adapter == "vertica":
             TypeClass = resolve_vertica_modified_type(column_type)
+        elif dbt_adapter == "snowflake":
+            # Snowflake types are uppercase, so we check that.
+            TypeClass = _field_type_mapping.get(column_type.upper())
 
     # if still not found, report the warning
     if TypeClass is None:
@@ -1034,6 +1038,7 @@ def _filter_nodes(self, all_nodes: List[DBTNode]) -> List[DBTNode]:
             key = node.dbt_name
 
             if not self.config.node_name_pattern.allowed(key):
+                self.report.nodes_filtered.append(key)
                 continue
 
             nodes.append(node)

metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/dbt/dbt_core.py

@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ class DBTCoreConfig(DBTCommonConfig):
         "See https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/artifacts/run-results-json.",
     )
 
+    only_include_if_in_catalog: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="[experimental] If true, only include nodes that are also present in the catalog file. "
+        "This is useful if you only want to include models that have been built by the associated run.",
+    )
+
     # Because we now also collect model performance metadata, the "test_results" field was renamed to "run_results".
     _convert_test_results_path = pydantic_renamed_field(
         "test_results_path", "run_results_paths", transform=lambda x: [x] if x else []
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@ def extract_dbt_entities(
     manifest_adapter: str,
     use_identifiers: bool,
     tag_prefix: str,
+    only_include_if_in_catalog: bool,
     report: DBTSourceReport,
 ) -> List[DBTNode]:
     sources_by_id = {x["unique_id"]: x for x in sources_results}
@@ -194,12 +201,22 @@ def extract_dbt_entities(
 
         # It's a source
         catalog_node = all_catalog_entities.get(key)
+        missing_from_catalog = catalog_node is None
         catalog_type = None
 
         if catalog_node is None:
             if materialization not in {"test", "ephemeral"}:
                 # Test and ephemeral nodes will never show up in the catalog.
-                report.in_manifest_but_missing_catalog.append(key)
+                missing_from_catalog = False
+
+                if not only_include_if_in_catalog:
+                    report.warning(
+                        title="Node missing from catalog",
+                        message="Found a node in the manifest file but not in the catalog. "
+                        "This usually means the catalog file was not generated by `dbt docs generate` and so is incomplete. "
+                        "Some metadata, such as column types and descriptions, will be impacted.",
+                        context=key,
+                    )
         else:
             catalog_type = all_catalog_entities[key]["metadata"]["type"]
 
@@ -264,6 +281,7 @@ def extract_dbt_entities(
             upstream_nodes=upstream_nodes,
             materialization=materialization,
             catalog_type=catalog_type,
+            missing_from_catalog=missing_from_catalog,
             meta=meta,
             query_tag=query_tag_props,
             tags=tags,
@@ -291,14 +309,6 @@ def extract_dbt_entities(
 
         dbt_entities.append(dbtNode)
 
-    if report.in_manifest_but_missing_catalog:
-        # We still want this to show up as a warning, but don't want to spam the warnings section
-        # if there's a lot of them.
-        report.warning(
-            "in_manifest_but_missing_catalog",
-            f"Found {len(report.in_manifest_but_missing_catalog)} nodes in manifest but not in catalog. See in_manifest_but_missing_catalog for details.",
-        )
-
     return dbt_entities
 
 
@@ -535,6 +545,7 @@ def loadManifestAndCatalog(
             manifest_adapter,
             self.config.use_identifiers,
             self.config.tag_prefix,
+            self.config.only_include_if_in_catalog,
             self.report,
         )
 
@@ -588,6 +599,23 @@ def load_nodes(self) -> Tuple[List[DBTNode], Dict[str, Optional[str]]]:
 
         return all_nodes, additional_custom_props
 
+    def _filter_nodes(self, all_nodes: List[DBTNode]) -> List[DBTNode]:
+        nodes = super()._filter_nodes(all_nodes)
+
+        if not self.config.only_include_if_in_catalog:
+            return nodes
+
+        filtered_nodes = []
+        for node in nodes:
+            if node.missing_from_catalog:
+                # TODO: We need to do some additional testing of this flag to validate that it doesn't
+                # drop important things entirely (e.g. sources).
+                self.report.nodes_filtered.append(node.dbt_name)
+            else:
+                filtered_nodes.append(node)
+
+        return filtered_nodes
+
     def get_external_url(self, node: DBTNode) -> Optional[str]:
         if self.config.git_info and node.dbt_file_path:
             return self.config.git_info.get_url_for_file_path(node.dbt_file_path)