Would it make sense to go ahead and `dbt docs generate` by default?

[elainethale]

Then the instructions at https://dsgrid.github.io/stride/tutorials/dbt_project.html would boil down to:

cd test_project/dbt
dbt docs serve

[daniel-thom]

I'm ok with the change.

Would we always build the baseline scenario? There could be cases where a custom scenario would show something different and the user would need the command.

[elainethale]

I'm ok with the change.

Would we always build the baseline scenario? There could be cases where a custom scenario would show something different and the user would need the command.

I think we'd just build the scenarios provided in the user input (mimicking the current instructions, which involves finding the close-enough command in the log file). If they don't have the default scenario we wouldn't build it.

[daniel-thom]

I'm ok with the change.
Would we always build the baseline scenario? There could be cases where a custom scenario would show something different and the user would need the command.

I think we'd just build the scenarios provided in the user input (mimicking the current instructions, which involves finding the close-enough command in the log file). If they don't have the default scenario we wouldn't build it.

Just to be clear, you can only build one scenario at a time.

[elainethale]

I'm ok with the change.
Would we always build the baseline scenario? There could be cases where a custom scenario would show something different and the user would need the command.

I think we'd just build the scenarios provided in the user input (mimicking the current instructions, which involves finding the close-enough command in the log file). If they don't have the default scenario we wouldn't build it.

Just to be clear, you can only build one scenario at a time.

Oh, I see. So maybe it should just be a CLI command?

[daniel-thom]

Well, this is a CLI command that already has all options. I don't think I would want to wrap this. Can we assume that the type of user who wants dbt docs can figure out this command? Maybe I have the wrong assumptions...

dbt docs generate --vars '{"scenario": "baseline", "country": "country_1", "model_years": "(2025,2030,2035,2040,2045)"}'

[elainethale]

This is ringing a bell, like I've maybe asked about this before ... Nonetheless,

stride generate-dbt-docs test_project baseline

would be a simpler command (less information, less formatting).

Also, this is not high priority right now. It just came to mind as I prepped for our demo tomorrow.