@dbeatty10 made both requested updates~ Thanks again for your help

Hi @epapineau @dbeatty10

Thanks for your contribution to this issue! An awesome addition.

I was just wondering how I could use the where parameter. I'm looking to get values from column A given column B is equal to a particular value.

Here's my current macro based on your merge:

{% macro get_green_columns(input_table) %}
{% set input_table=input_table %}
{% set green_columns=dbt_utils.get_column_values(table=ref('ref_all_green_columns'), column='column_name', where="table_name = '"~input_table~"'") %}
{{ return(green_columns) }}
{% endmacro %}

Thanks for the help 😀

{% macro get_green_columns(input_table) %}
{% set input_table=input_table %}
{% set green_columns=dbt_utils.get_column_values(table=ref('ref_all_green_columns'), column='column_name', where="table_name = '"~input_table~"'") %}
{{ return(green_columns) }}
{% endmacro %}

Hi @ed-muthiah 👋 Did the example you posted not work for you? It appeared to work as-is for me; see below.

I created a seed named seeds/ref_all_green_columns.csv with this content:

id,table_name,column_name
1,green,Q
2,green,R
3,green,S
4,blue,S
5,blue,T
6,blue,U

And copied and pasted your macro into macros/green.sql:

{% macro get_green_columns(input_table) %}
{% set input_table=input_table %}
{% set green_columns=dbt_utils.get_column_values(table=ref('ref_all_green_columns'), column='column_name', where="table_name = '"~input_table~"'") %}
{{ return(green_columns) }}
{% endmacro %}

And then I created a file named analyses/test_green.sql:

{{ get_green_columns("green") }}

Seeding and compiling using a terminal:

dbt seed  
dbt compile

This yielded the following text in target/compiled/YOUR_PROJECT_NAME_HERE/analyses/test_green.sql:

['Q', 'R', 'S']

Thanks, my issue was just a naming issue! Can confirm that your example above works. It would be great to add it to the readme as an example.

@ed-muthiah I created this issue to add it to the readme as an example.