Feature #50: Enable teams to configure additional columns for staging entities models

README.md

@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ vars:
     customers_pass_through_columns: 
         - name: "customer_custom_field"
           alias: "customer_field"
+    entities_pass_through_columns:
+        - name: "entity_custom_field"
+          alias: "entity_field"
     locations_pass_through_columns: 
         - name: "location_custom_field"
     subsidiaries_pass_through_columns: 

dbt_project.yml

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ vars:
     consolidated_exchange_rates_pass_through_columns: []
     vendors_pass_through_columns: []
     items_pass_through_columns: []
+    entities_pass_through_columns: []
 
 clean-targets:
 - target

macros/get_entity_columns.sql

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
     {"name": "vendor", "datatype": dbt.type_int()}
 ] %}
 
+{{ fivetran_utils.add_pass_through_columns(columns, var('entities_pass_through_columns')) }}
+
 {{ return(columns) }}
 
 {% endmacro %}

models/netsuite2/stg_netsuite2__entities.sql

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ final as (
         employee as employee_id,
         project as job_id,
         vendor as vendor_id
+
+        --The below macro adds the fields defined within your entities_pass_through_columns variable into the staging model
+        {{ fivetran_utils.fill_pass_through_columns('entities_pass_through_columns') }}
+
     from fields
 )