Marketo Source (docs)

This package models Marketo data from Fivetran's connector. It uses data in the format described by this ERD.

This package enriches your Fivetran data by doing the following:

• Adds descriptions to tables and columns that are synced using Fivetran
• Adds column-level testing where applicable. For example, all primary keys are tested for uniqueness and non-null values.
• Models staging tables, which will be used in our transform package

Models

This package contains staging models, designed to work simultaneously with our Marketo modeling package. The staging models:

• Remove any rows that are soft-deleted
• Name columns consistently across all packages:
  • Boolean fields are prefixed with is_ or has_
  • Timestamps are appended with _at
  • ID primary keys are prefixed with the name of the table. For example, the user table's ID column is renamed user_id.

Installation Instructions

dbt_marketo_source currently supports dbt 0.20.x.

Check dbt Hub for the latest installation instructions, or read the dbt docs for more information on installing packages.

Include in your packages.yml

packages:
  - package: fivetran/marketo_source
    version: [">=0.5.0", "<0.6.0"]

Configuration

By default, this package will look for your Marketo data in the marketo schema of your target database. If this is not where your Marketo data is, add the following configuration to your dbt_project.yml file:

# dbt_project.yml

...
config-version: 2

vars:
  marketo_source:
    marketo_database: your_database_name
    marketo_schema: your_schema_name 

Changing the Build Schema

By default this package will build the Marketo staging models within a schema titled (<target_schema> + _stg_marketo) in your target database. If this is not where you would like your Marketo data to be written to, add the following configuration to your dbt_project.yml file:

# dbt_project.yml

...
models:
  marketo_source:
    +schema: my_new_schema_name # leave blank for just the target_schema

Enabling Models

This package takes into consideration tables that may not be synced due to slowness caused by the Marketo API. By default the campaign and program models are disabled. If you sync these tables, enable the modeling done by adding the following to your dbt_project.yml file:

# dbt_project.yml

...
vars:
    marketo__enable_campaigns:  True         #Enable if Fivetran is syncing the campaign table
    marketo__enable_programs:   True         #Enable if Fivetran is syncing the program table

Contributions

Additional contributions to this package are very welcome! Please create issues or open PRs against master. Check out this post on the best workflow for contributing to a package.

Database Support

This package has been tested on BigQuery, Snowflake and Redshift.

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