Dbt dev runs break for users with dashes in their username
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	Aug 10 2026, 11:52 PM

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For dev runs, we've configured Dbt to build the schema name using the local user ID. If you have a dash in your user name like I do (nshahquinn-wmf), this breaks because dashes can't be used in SQL identifiers.

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nshahquinn-wmf created this task.Aug 10 2026, 11:52 PM

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Ottomata moved this task from Incoming (new tickets) to Q1 FS26/27 July 1st - September 30th on the Data-Engineering board.Tue, Aug 18, 5:48 PM

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@nshahquinn-wmf wow nice catch. You should feel free to fix stuff like this, I guess just do a replace - with _ in that jinja template there?

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Dbt dev runs break for users with dashes in their username
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