diff --git a/dbt_automation/assets/operations.template.yml b/dbt_automation/assets/operations.template.yml
index 61d9429..5ff29f3 100644
--- a/dbt_automation/assets/operations.template.yml
+++ b/dbt_automation/assets/operations.template.yml
@@ -364,6 +364,29 @@ operations:
           is_col: <boolean>
         output_column_name: <output column name>
         sql_snippet: <custom sql snippet of CASE WHEN END AS 'output_column_name'>
+    - type: generic
+      config:
+        input:
+          input_type: <"source" or "model">
+          input_name: <name of source table or ref model>
+          source_name: <name of the source defined in source.yml; will be null for type "model">
+        source_columns:
+          - <column name>
+          - <column name>
+          - <column name>
+          - ...
+        dest_schema: <destination schema>
+        output_model_name: <name of the output model>
+        computed_columns:
+          - function_name: <name of the sql function>
+            operands:
+            - value: <string (column name or const)>
+              is_col: <boolean>
+            - value: <string (column name or const)>
+              is_col: <boolean>
+            - value: <string (column name or const)>
+              is_col: <boolean>
+            output_column_name: <output column name>
 
     - type: pivot
       config: 
@@ -697,4 +720,27 @@ operations:
                 - <column name>
               cast_to: <data type to cast values to - "varchar" for postgres & "STRING" for bigquery>
               unpivot_field_name: <by default - "field_name">
-              unpivot_value_name: <by default - "value">
\ No newline at end of file
+              unpivot_value_name: <by default - "value">
+          - type: generic
+            config:
+              input:
+                input_type: <"source" or "model">
+                input_name: <name of source table or ref model>
+                source_name: <name of the source defined in source.yml; will be null for type "model">
+              source_columns:
+                - <column name>
+                - <column name>
+                - <column name>
+                - ...
+              dest_schema: <destination schema>
+              output_model_name: <name of the output model>
+              computed_columns:
+                - function_name: <name of the sql function>
+                  operands:
+                  - value: <string (column name or const)>
+                    is_col: <boolean>
+                  - value: <string (column name or const)>
+                    is_col: <boolean>
+                  - value: <string (column name or const)>
+                    is_col: <boolean>
+                  output_column_name: <output column name>
diff --git a/dbt_automation/operations/generic.py b/dbt_automation/operations/generic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81e66a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt_automation/operations/generic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+"""
+This file contains the airthmetic operations for dbt automation
+"""
+
+from logging import basicConfig, getLogger, INFO
+from dbt_automation.utils.dbtproject import dbtProject
+from dbt_automation.utils.interfaces.warehouse_interface import WarehouseInterface
+from dbt_automation.utils.columnutils import quote_columnname, quote_constvalue
+
+from dbt_automation.utils.tableutils import source_or_ref
+
+basicConfig(level=INFO)
+logger = getLogger()
+
+
+def generic_function_dbt_sql(
+    config: dict,
+    warehouse: WarehouseInterface,
+):
+    """
+    source_columns: list of columns to copy from the input model
+    computed_columns: list of computed columns with function_name, operands, and output_column_name
+    function_name: name of the function to be used
+    operands: list of operands to be passed to the function
+    output_column_name: name of the output column
+    """
+    source_columns = config["source_columns"]
+    computed_columns = config["computed_columns"]
+
+    if source_columns == "*":
+        dbt_code = "SELECT *"
+    else:
+        dbt_code = f"SELECT {', '.join([quote_columnname(col, warehouse.name) for col in source_columns])}"
+
+    for computed_column in computed_columns:
+        function_name = computed_column["function_name"]
+        operands = [
+            quote_columnname(str(operand["value"]), warehouse.name)
+            if operand["is_col"]
+            else quote_constvalue(str(operand["value"]), warehouse.name)
+            for operand in computed_column["operands"]
+        ]
+        output_column_name = computed_column["output_column_name"]
+
+        dbt_code += f", {function_name}({', '.join(operands)}) AS {output_column_name}"
+
+    select_from = source_or_ref(**config["input"])
+    if config["input"]["input_type"] == "cte":
+        dbt_code += f" FROM {select_from}"
+    else:
+        dbt_code += f" FROM {{{{{select_from}}}}}"
+
+    return dbt_code, source_columns
+
+
+def generic_function(config: dict, warehouse: WarehouseInterface, project_dir: str):
+    """
+    Perform a generic SQL function operation.
+    """
+    dbt_sql = ""
+    if config["input"]["input_type"] != "cte":
+        dbt_sql = (
+            "{{ config(materialized='table', schema='" + config["dest_schema"] + "') }}"
+        )
+
+    select_statement, output_cols = generic_function_dbt_sql(config, warehouse)
+
+    dest_schema = config["dest_schema"]
+    output_name = config["output_model_name"]
+
+    dbtproject = dbtProject(project_dir)
+    dbtproject.ensure_models_dir(dest_schema)
+    model_sql_path = dbtproject.write_model(dest_schema, output_name, dbt_sql + select_statement)
+
+    return model_sql_path, output_cols
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt_automation/operations/mergeoperations.py b/dbt_automation/operations/mergeoperations.py
index 08c2c69..77260cc 100644
--- a/dbt_automation/operations/mergeoperations.py
+++ b/dbt_automation/operations/mergeoperations.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     rename_columns_dbt_sql,
 )
 from dbt_automation.operations.flattenjson import flattenjson_dbt_sql
+from dbt_automation.operations.generic import generic_function_dbt_sql
 from dbt_automation.operations.mergetables import union_tables_sql
 from dbt_automation.operations.regexextraction import regex_extraction_sql
 from dbt_automation.utils.dbtproject import dbtProject
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ def merge_operations_sql(
             op_select_statement, out_cols = unpivot_dbt_sql(
                 operation["config"], warehouse
             )
+        elif operation["type"] == "generic":
+            op_select_statement, out_cols = generic_function_dbt_sql(
+                operation["config"], warehouse
+            )
 
         output_cols = out_cols
 
diff --git a/scripts/main.py b/scripts/main.py
index 08e1da1..bc7ee79 100644
--- a/scripts/main.py
+++ b/scripts/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import json
 import yaml
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from dbt_automation.operations.generic import generic_function
 from dbt_automation.operations.arithmetic import arithmetic
 from dbt_automation.operations.mergeoperations import merge_operations
 from dbt_automation.operations.scaffold import scaffold
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     "casewhen": casewhen,
     "pivot": pivot,
     "unpivot": unpivot,
+    "generic": generic_function
 }
 
 load_dotenv("./../dbconnection.env")
diff --git a/tests/warehouse/test_bigquery_ops.py b/tests/warehouse/test_bigquery_ops.py
index f6e6900..e1551b8 100644
--- a/tests/warehouse/test_bigquery_ops.py
+++ b/tests/warehouse/test_bigquery_ops.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from logging import basicConfig, getLogger, INFO
 from dbt_automation.operations.droprenamecolumns import rename_columns, drop_columns
 from dbt_automation.operations.flattenjson import flattenjson
+from dbt_automation.operations.generic import generic_function
 from dbt_automation.operations.mergeoperations import (
     merge_operations,
 )
@@ -1078,3 +1079,53 @@ def test_flattenjson(self):
         assert "_airbyte_data_NGO" in cols
         assert "_airbyte_data_Month" in cols
         assert "_airbyte_ab_id" in cols
+
+    def test_generic(self):
+        """test generic function"""
+        wc_client = TestBigqueryOperations.wc_client
+        output_name = "generic_table"
+
+        config = {
+            "input": {
+                "input_type": "model",
+                "input_name": "_airbyte_raw_Sheet2",
+                "source_name": None,
+            },
+            "dest_schema": "pytest_intermediate",
+            "output_model_name": output_name,
+            "source_columns": ["NGO", "Month", "measure1", "measure2", "Indicator"],
+            "computed_columns": [
+                {
+                    "function_name": "LOWER",
+                    "operands": [
+                        {"value": "NGO", "is_col": True}
+                    ],
+                    "output_column_name": "ngo_lower"
+                },
+                {
+                    "function_name": "TRIM",
+                    "operands": [
+                        {"value": "measure1", "is_col": True}
+                    ],
+                    "output_column_name": "trimmed_indicator"
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+
+        generic_function(config, wc_client, TestBigqueryOperations.test_project_dir)
+
+        TestBigqueryOperations.execute_dbt("run", output_name)
+
+        cols = [
+            col_dict["name"]
+            for col_dict in wc_client.get_table_columns(
+                "pytest_intermediate", output_name
+            )
+        ]
+        assert "NGO" in cols
+        assert "Indicator" in cols
+        table_data = wc_client.get_table_data("pytest_intermediate", output_name, 1)
+        ngo_column = [row['ngo_lower'] for row in table_data]
+
+        for value in ngo_column:
+            assert value == value.lower(), f"Value {value} in 'NGO' column is not lowercase"
diff --git a/tests/warehouse/test_postgres_ops.py b/tests/warehouse/test_postgres_ops.py
index b9bc9fd..7ed230f 100644
--- a/tests/warehouse/test_postgres_ops.py
+++ b/tests/warehouse/test_postgres_ops.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from logging import basicConfig, getLogger, INFO
 from dbt_automation.operations.flattenjson import flattenjson
 from dbt_automation.operations.droprenamecolumns import rename_columns, drop_columns
+from dbt_automation.operations.generic import generic_function
 from dbt_automation.operations.mergeoperations import merge_operations
 from dbt_automation.utils.warehouseclient import get_client
 from dbt_automation.operations.scaffold import scaffold
@@ -1091,3 +1092,59 @@ def test_merge_operation(self):
             )
             == 0
         )
+
+    def test_generic(self):
+        """test generic operation"""
+        wc_client = TestPostgresOperations.wc_client
+        output_name = "generic"
+
+        config = {
+            "input": {
+                "input_type": "model",
+                "input_name": "_airbyte_raw_Sheet2",
+                "source_name": None,
+            },
+            "dest_schema": "pytest_intermediate",
+            "output_model_name": output_name,
+            "source_columns": ["NGO", "Month", "measure1", "measure2", "Indicator"],
+            "computed_columns": [
+                {
+                    "function_name": "LOWER",
+                    "operands": [
+                        {"value": "NGO", "is_col": True}
+                    ],
+                    "output_column_name": "ngo_lower"
+                },
+                {
+                    "function_name": "TRIM",
+                    "operands": [
+                        {"value": "measure1", "is_col": True}
+                    ],
+                    "output_column_name": "trimmed_measure_1"
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+
+        generic_function(
+            config,
+            wc_client,
+            TestPostgresOperations.test_project_dir,
+        )
+
+        TestPostgresOperations.execute_dbt("run", output_name)
+
+        cols = [
+            col_dict["name"]
+            for col_dict in wc_client.get_table_columns(
+                "pytest_intermediate", output_name
+            )
+        ]
+
+        assert "NGO" in cols
+        assert "Indicator" in cols
+        table_data = wc_client.get_table_data("pytest_intermediate", output_name, 1)
+        ngo_column = [row['ngo_lower'] for row in table_data]
+
+        for value in ngo_column:
+            assert value == value.lower(), f"Value {value} in 'NGO' column is not lowercase"
+