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Solution: Loop Through a List of Columns

Explore how to use Jinja's for loop to dynamically cast a list of columns to integers in your dbt models. This lesson helps you understand iterating through columns and applying type casting while maintaining clean and reusable code within your data pipelines.

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shop:
  outputs:
    dev:
      dataset: {{dataset_name}}
      job_execution_timeout_seconds: 300
      job_retries: 1
      keyfile: credentials.json
      location: {{dataset_location}}
      method: service-account
      priority: interactive
      project: {{project_id}}
      threads: 1
      type: bigquery
  target: dev
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