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dbt errors and exceptions

Common dbt errors and exceptions with their exact messages, causes, ways to confirm them and fixes.

Projects and profiles

• dbt: Runtime Error: Could not find profile named '...'The profile named in dbt_project.yml does not exist in the profiles.yml dbt is reading. Usually dbt is reading a different profiles.yml than expected, or the…
• dbt: Compilation Error: Model depends on a node named '...' which was not foundA ref() or source() call points to a model, seed, snapshot or source that dbt cannot find in the project or its packages, or that is disabled. The message…
• dbt: Compilation Error: Found a cycleThe ref() calls form a loop, so dbt cannot order the models into a DAG. The message lists the unique ids on the cycle.
• dbt: Compilation Error: dbt found two models with the nameTwo resources of the same type share a name, so ref() would be ambiguous. Model names must be unique across the whole project, including subfolders, and…