Infer configurations

Authentication

To connect to Infer from your dbt instance you need to set up a correct profile in your profiles.yml.

The format of this should look like this:

~/.dbt/profiles.yml

<profile-name>:
  target: <target-name>
  outputs:
    <target-name>:
      type: infer
      url: "<infer-api-endpoint>"
      username: "<infer-api-username>"
      apikey: "<infer-apikey>"
      data_config:
        [configuration for your underlying data warehouse]  

Description of Infer Profile Fields

Field	Required	Description
type	Yes	Must be set to infer. This must be included either in profiles.yml or in the dbt_project.yml file.
url	Yes	The host name of the Infer server to connect to. Typically this is https://app.getinfer.io.
username	Yes	Your Infer username - the one you use to login.
apikey	Yes	Your Infer api key.
data_config	Yes	The configuration for your underlying data warehouse. The format of this follows the format of the configuration for your data warehouse adapter.