Bolt

Paradime's Bolt is a comprehensive orchestration solution for deploying dbt™ in production. Instead of manually running commands, take advantage of Paradime's built-in scheduling to configure and automate your entire scheduling workflow.

Prerequisites

Scheduler Environment is connected to your data warehouse provider.

Coming from dbt Cloud™️? Import all your dbt™️ jobs with one click. See our doc here.

Key Benefits

• Maintain fresh production data on a consistent schedule

• Execute CI/CD and production pipelines efficiently

• Swiftly identify and resolve deployment issues

• Utilize native integrations and custom webhooks for enhanced deployment

Documentation Sections

📅 Creating Schedules

Learn how to set up new schedules, configure settings, triggers, commands, and notifications for your dbt™ workflows.

🔄 Managing Schedules

Discover how to monitor schedule performance, analyze run logs, and troubleshoot issues in your active schedules.

🔌 Bolt API and Webhooks

Find documentation for Bolt's API endpoints and learn how to set up webhook integrations with your existing systems.

⚙️ Special Environment Variables

Reference guide for configuring specialized environment variables, including audit processing and runtime settings.

🔗 Integrations

Explore guides for connecting Bolt with various platforms, including Reverse ETL tools, BI solutions, and orchestration systems.

🚀 CI/CD

Find setup instructions and best practices for implementing continuous integration and deployment with various version control platforms.

New to Bolt? Start with our Creating Schedules guide to set up your first automated workflow.

Bolt Terminology

Understanding these key terms is crucial when configuring your schedules:

Term	Description	Example	Required
Schedule Type	Execution type for your scheduled dbt™ run	Standard, Deferred, or Turbo CI	Yes
Name	Identifier for your dbt™ schedule	hourly_schedule	Yes
Description	The purpose of your bolt Schedule	schedule dbt run on an hourly basis	Yes
Owner Email	Schedule owner's email	[email protected]	Yes
Git Branch	Branch used for schedule execution	main	Yes
Commands	dbt™ commands to execute (can be multiple)	dbt run dbt test	Yes
Trigger Type	How the schedule is initiated	Scheduled run, On Run Completion, On Merge	Yes
Cron Schedule	Frequency of schedule runs (UTC-based) for Schedules Runs	@hourly	No
SLA Threshold	Trigger an alert when the schedule has passed a time threshold (minutes)	30	No
Notification Destination	The destination of a notification	Email, Slack, and/ or MS Teams	No
Notification Type	Notifications received after a scheduled run	Success, Failure, SLA	No