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| 1 | +# SQLMesh CLI Crash Course |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This doc is designed to get you intimate with 90% of the SQLMesh commands you’ll use to build *and* maintain data pipelines. The goal is after 30 minutes, using SQLMesh becomes muscle memory. This is designed to live on your second monitor or in a side by side window, so you can swiftly copy/paste into your terminal. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +This is *not* an exhaustive list, but it is an earnest one. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +## **Development Commands** |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +You’ll use these commands 80% of the time because this is how you apply code changes. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + ```bash |
| 14 | + sqlmesh plan dev |
| 15 | + ``` |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + ```bash |
| 20 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev |
| 21 | + ``` |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +asdf |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | + ```bash |
| 28 | + sqlmesh plan dev --start 2025-01-01 --end now |
| 29 | + ``` |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + ```bash |
| 34 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --start 2025-01-01 --end now |
| 35 | + ``` |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +asdf |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + ```bash |
| 42 | + sqlmesh --debug plan dev |
| 43 | + ``` |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + ```bash |
| 48 | + tcloud sqlmesh --debug plan dev |
| 49 | + ``` |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +asdf |
| 52 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + ```bash |
| 55 | + sqlmesh plan dev --auto-apply |
| 56 | + ``` |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + ```bash |
| 61 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --auto-apply # - good for iterating faster |
| 62 | + ``` |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +asdf |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | + ```bash |
| 69 | + sqlmesh plan dev --dry-run |
| 70 | + ``` |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + ```bash |
| 75 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --dry-run |
| 76 | + ``` |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +asdf |
| 79 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | + ```bash |
| 82 | + sqlmesh plan dev --diff-rendered |
| 83 | + ``` |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | + ```bash |
| 88 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --diff-rendered |
| 89 | + ``` |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +asdf |
| 92 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + ```bash |
| 95 | + sqlmesh plan dev --no-diff |
| 96 | + ``` |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | + ```bash |
| 101 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --no-diff |
| 102 | + ``` |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +asdf |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + ```bash |
| 109 | + sqlmesh plan dev --empty-backfill |
| 110 | + ``` |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | + ```bash |
| 115 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --empty-backfill |
| 116 | + ``` |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +asdf |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | + ```bash |
| 123 | + sqlmesh plan dev --forward-only |
| 124 | + ``` |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | + ```bash |
| 129 | + tcloud sqlmesh plan dev --forward-only |
| 130 | + ``` |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +asdf |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | + ```bash |
| 137 | + sqlmesh create_external_models |
| 138 | + ``` |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | + ```bash |
| 143 | + tcloud sqlmesh create_external_models |
| 144 | + ``` |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +asdf |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +## **Run Commands** |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | + ```bash |
| 153 | + sqlmesh run |
| 154 | + ``` |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | + ```bash |
| 159 | + tcloud sqlmesh run |
| 160 | + ``` |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | +asdf |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | + ```bash |
| 167 | + sqlmesh run dev |
| 168 | + ``` |
| 169 | + |
| 170 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | + ```bash |
| 173 | + tcloud sqlmesh run dev |
| 174 | + ``` |
| 175 | + |
| 176 | +asdf |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 179 | + |
| 180 | + ```bash |
| 181 | + sqlmesh run --ignore-cron |
| 182 | + ``` |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 185 | + |
| 186 | + ```bash |
| 187 | + tcloud sqlmesh run --ignore-cron |
| 188 | + ``` |
| 189 | + |
| 190 | +asdf |
| 191 | + |
| 192 | +- allow_partials |
| 193 | + |
| 194 | +## **Working with Incremental Forward-Only Models** |
| 195 | + |
| 196 | +https://www.loom.com/share/209181d9532d44969313ac0ac23f501f |
| 197 | + |
| 198 | +- codify this especially the commented out steps |
| 199 | + |
| 200 | + |
| 201 | +## **Validating Changes** |
| 202 | + |
| 203 | +You'll these commands ad hoc to verify your changes are behaving as expected. |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 206 | + |
| 207 | + ```bash |
| 208 | + sqlmesh render sqlmesh_example.incremental_model |
| 209 | + ``` |
| 210 | + |
| 211 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 212 | + |
| 213 | + ```bash |
| 214 | + tcloud sqlmesh render sqlmesh_example.incremental_model |
| 215 | + ``` |
| 216 | + |
| 217 | +asdf |
| 218 | + |
| 219 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 220 | + |
| 221 | + ```bash |
| 222 | + sqlmesh table_diff ajwioejfioajowe |
| 223 | + ``` |
| 224 | + |
| 225 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 226 | + |
| 227 | + ```bash |
| 228 | + tcloud sqlmesh table_diff ajwioejfioajowe |
| 229 | + ``` |
| 230 | + |
| 231 | +asdf |
| 232 | + |
| 233 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 234 | + |
| 235 | + ```bash |
| 236 | + sqlmesh fetchdf "select * from tcloud_demo__dev_debug.gsheets_example_v3" |
| 237 | + ``` |
| 238 | + |
| 239 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 240 | + |
| 241 | + ```bash |
| 242 | + tcloud sqlmesh fetchdf "select * from tcloud_demo__dev_debug.gsheets_example_v3" |
| 243 | + ``` |
| 244 | + |
| 245 | +asdf |
| 246 | + |
| 247 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 248 | + |
| 249 | + ```bash |
| 250 | + sqlmesh create_test demo.stg_payments --query demo.seed_raw_payments "select * from demo.seed_raw_payments limit 5" |
| 251 | + ``` |
| 252 | + |
| 253 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 254 | + |
| 255 | + ```bash |
| 256 | + tcloud sqlmesh create_test demo.stg_payments --query demo.seed_raw_payments "select * from demo.seed_raw_payments limit 5" |
| 257 | + ``` |
| 258 | + |
| 259 | +asdf |
| 260 | + |
| 261 | +## **Miscellaneous** |
| 262 | + |
| 263 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 264 | + |
| 265 | + ```bash |
| 266 | + sqlmesh migrate |
| 267 | + ``` |
| 268 | + |
| 269 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 270 | + |
| 271 | + ```bash |
| 272 | + tcloud sqlmesh migrate |
| 273 | + ``` |
| 274 | + |
| 275 | +- migrate state schemas |
| 276 | + |
| 277 | +=== "SQLMesh" |
| 278 | + |
| 279 | + ```bash |
| 280 | + sqlmesh janitor |
| 281 | + ``` |
| 282 | + |
| 283 | +=== "Tobiko Cloud" |
| 284 | + |
| 285 | + ```bash |
| 286 | + tcloud sqlmesh janitor |
| 287 | + ``` |
| 288 | + |
| 289 | +- Manually clean up old development schemas outside the automated schedule |
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