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What is the modern data stack consensus on handling columns that get deleted from source databases without breaking downstream reporting models

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What is the modern data stack consensus on handling columns that get deleted from source databases without breaking downstream reporting models
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dbt source schema changes deleted columns downstream models contract deprecation schema evolution best practicesGoogle ↗
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data warehouse schema evolution handling dropped columns source tables backward compatibility analytics engineeringGoogle ↗
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Fivetran dropped columns soft delete schema changes downstream dbt modelsGoogle ↗
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dbt source schema changes deleted columns downstream models contract deprecation schema evolution best practices Google ↗
data warehouse schema evolution handling dropped columns source tables backward compatibility analytics engineering Google ↗
Fivetran dropped columns soft delete schema changes downstream dbt models Google ↗
  1. Why Do Deleted Source Columns Still Appear in the Destination? · fivetran.com
  2. How to Think About Schema Changes | Blog · fivetran.com
  3. Schema evolution in Databricks · docs.databricks.com
  4. Model versions · docs.getdbt.com
  5. versions · docs.getdbt.com
  6. Column-level lineage · docs.getdbt.com

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dbt source schema changes deleted columns downstream models contract deprecation schema evolution best practices
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data warehouse schema evolution handling dropped columns source tables backward compatibility analytics engineering
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Fivetran dropped columns soft delete schema changes downstream dbt models
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