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Paradime Bolt allows you to use environment variables in your scheduled commands, injecting them dynamically at runtime. This feature helps you manage configurations and sensitive information securely in your dbt™ projects.

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How it works

When you include environment variable placeholders (e.g., $ENV_VAR) in your schedule command, Bolt automatically replaces them with their current values during execution.

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Usage Example

Proper Spacing RequiredEnvironment variables must be properly spaced in your commands:
  • ✅ dbt run --select $ENV_VAR (correct)
  • ❌ dbt run --select$ENV_VAR (incorrect)

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Setting up variables

To reference a variable in a command, first define it:
  1. From any page in Paradime, click Settings.
  2. Navigate to Workspaces > Environment Variables.
  3. In the Bolt Schedules section, click Add New.
See Bolt Schedules Environment Variables for defining variables, and Environment Variable Overrides to set a different value for a specific schedule.

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