diff --git a/website/docs/docs/build/metricflow-commands.md b/website/docs/docs/build/metricflow-commands.md index d010cd8bb17..466a61cc5bc 100644 --- a/website/docs/docs/build/metricflow-commands.md +++ b/website/docs/docs/build/metricflow-commands.md @@ -34,10 +34,22 @@ For dbt Cloud CLI users, MetricFlow commands are embedded in the dbt Cloud CLI, You can install [MetricFlow](https://github.com/dbt-labs/metricflow#getting-started) from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/dbt-metricflow/). You need to use `pip` to install MetricFlow on Windows or Linux operating systems: + + 1. Create or activate your virtual environment `python -m venv venv` 2. Run `pip install dbt-metricflow` * You can install MetricFlow using PyPI as an extension of your dbt adapter in the command line. To install the adapter, run `python -m pip install "dbt-metricflow[your_adapter_name]"` and add the adapter name at the end of the command. For example, for a Snowflake adapter run `python -m pip install "dbt-metricflow[snowflake]"` + + + + +1. Create or activate your virtual environment `python -m venv venv` +2. Run `pip install dbt-metricflow` + * You can install MetricFlow using PyPI as an extension of your dbt adapter in the command line. To install the adapter, run `python -m pip install "dbt-metricflow[adapter_package_name]"` and add the adapter name at the end of the command. For example, for a Snowflake adapter run `python -m pip install "dbt-metricflow[dbt-snowflake]"` + + + **Note**, you'll need to manage versioning between dbt Core, your adapter, and MetricFlow. Something to note, MetricFlow `mf` commands return an error if you have a Metafont latex package installed. To run `mf` commands, uninstall the package.