Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a development environment in Paradime, SQL Server enables dbt™️ development from Paradime’s Code IDE.

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Setup Instructions

Click Settings in the top menu bar of the Paradime interface to access Account Settings
In the left sidebar, click “Connections”
Click “Add New” next to the Code IDE section
Select “SQL Server”
In the Profile Configuration field, add at least these required parameters. For additional configuration options, see the Profile Fields Reference section.

driver: 'ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server'     # ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server
server: sql.company.com                     # Hostname or IP address
port: 1433                                  # Default: 1433
database: analytics_db                      # Name of the database
user: sql_user                              # SQL Server username
password: your_password                     # SQL Server password

After adding the configuration, ensure it’s properly formatted using a YAML formatter like YAML Formatter.

Provide a dbt™ Profile Name (This should match with the profile name set in your dbt_project.yml).
In the Target field, enter “dev”. This is the default target your dbt project will use for development work.
The “Schema” field is pre-configured, but you can change it to specify the schema where dbt will build objects.
The “Threads” value is pre-configured to 1, but you can adjust this number to specify how many parallel operations your dbt project can run.

Example Profile Configuration

Profile Fields Reference

Field	Description	Example	Default Value	Required
driver	OBDC driver	`ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server`	`ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server`	✅
server	Server hostname or IP	`sql.company.com`	None	✅
port	Server port number	`1433`	`1433`	✅
database	Database name	`analytics_db`	None	✅
schema	Schema name. This is configured in the UI “Schema” field	`dbo`	None	✅
user	Authentication username	`sql_user`	None	✅
password	Authentication password	`your_password`	None	✅
retries	Number of query retry attempts	`3`	`1`	❌
encrypt	Enable connection encryption	`true`	`true`	❌
trust_cert	Trust server certificate	`false`	`false`	❌
login_timeout	Connection timeout in seconds	`10`	`0`	❌
query_timeout	Query timeout in seconds	`300`	`0`	❌
schema_authorization	Schema owner principal	`db_owner`	None	❌

​Setup Instructions

​Example Profile Configuration

​Profile Fields Reference

Setup Instructions

Example Profile Configuration

Profile Fields Reference