Pending Materialized Views issues to make it fully compatible with dbt #664
Description
Our current implementation of Materialized views still have not been 100% integrated in dbt and a few compatibility issues were raised during development:
Current status
Main issue in dbt-Core: dbt-labs/dbt#12319
| feature | dbt Core 1.X | dbt Core 2.X | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ref() inside Config() block | 🔴 | 🔴 | * See below |
| Unit-test issue | 🔴 | 🔴 | |
| Lineage chart issue | 🔴 | 🔴 |
* About the ref() issue
- PR in dbt Core to allow using
ref()inside the config() block fix: bridge compile→materialization boundary for config.get_rendered dbt-labs/dbt#12965 - Issue in dbt-clickhouse to move the
ref()into the config: Refactor materialized_view materialization for Fusion-compatible config-first support #644 - PR doing it: feat: replace regex+macro MV external target with config.get_rendered #645
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[-]Make Materialized Views compatible with dbt Core 2.0[/-][+]Make Materialized Views compatible with dbt Core 2.0 and dbt Fusion[/+]koletzilla commentedon Jun 22, 2026
Related: #656. Closing as the intention is to keep that materialization working everywhere
[-]Make Materialized Views compatible with dbt Core 2.0 and dbt Fusion[/-][+]Pending Materialized Views issues to make it fully compatible with dbt[/+]