Creating Bolt Schedules

Bolt provides an intuitive UI-based method to create and manage your dbt™ job schedules. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a schedule using the Bolt UI.

While this guide focuses on UI-based scheduling, Bolt also supports YAML-based scheduling for users who prefer configuration-as-code. For YAML-based scheduling, please refer to our documentation.

Estimated completion time: 10 minutes

Prerequisites

• Access to the Bolt application in Paradime

• A Schedule Connection to your data warehouse (AKA Production Connection)

• At least one dbt™ model materialized in your dbt™ project

• Basic understanding of dbt™ commands

What You'll Learn

In this guide, you'll learn how to:

1. Create a new Bolt schedule

2. Configuring Bolt Schedules

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1. Creating a New Schedule

To create a new schedule, follow these simple steps:

1. Navigate to the Bolt application from the Paradime Home Screen.

2. Click on "+ New Schedule" and then "+ Create New Schedule"

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2. Configuring Your Schedule

This guide covers "Standard" schedules. We'll explore more advanced types like "Deferred" or "Turbo-CI" in the next section.

Follow these steps to configure your schedule:

1. Fill out the required schedule fields

2. Optionally, configure additional fields as needed

3. Click the Save button to publish your schedule

Schedule Fields

Term	Description	Example	Required
Type	Execution type for your scheduled dbt™ run	Standard, Deferred, or Turbo CI	Yes
Name	Identifier for your dbt™ schedule	hourly_schedule	Yes
Commands	dbt™ commands to execute (can be multiple)	dbt run, dbt test	Yes
Git Branch	Branch used for schedule execution	main	Yes
Owner Email	Schedule owner's email	[email protected]	Yes
Trigger Type	How the schedule is initiated	Scheduled run, On Run Completion, On Merge, Cron Schedule	Yes
Cron Schedule	Frequency of schedule runs (UTC-based)	@hourly	No
Slack Notify On	When to send Slack notifications	failed and/or passed	No
Slack Channels and Users	Recipients of Slack alerts	#data-team-alerts	No
Email Notify On	When to send email notifications	failed and/or passed	No
Email Notify	Email recipients for alerts	[email protected]	No

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Related Documentation

• Understanding Schedule Types and Triggers

• YAML-based Scheduling

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Summary

You've learned how to create a new Bolt schedule, configure its settings, and understand the purpose of different schedule fields. This knowledge forms the foundation for managing your dbt™ jobs effectively in production environments.

Next, we'll explore different schedule types and triggers to give you more flexibility in managing your dbt™ workflows.