The tap-lightdash extractor pulls data from Lightdash that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:
Installation and configuration
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Add the tap-lightdash extractor to your
project using
:meltano add -
Configure the tap-lightdash
settings using
:meltano config -
Test that extractor settings are valid using
:meltano config
meltano add extractor tap-lightdashmeltano config tap-lightdash set --interactivemeltano config tap-lightdash testNext steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.
Capabilities
The current capabilities for
tap-lightdash
may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the
capabilities when using this extractor. If you find they are out of date, please
consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the
capabilities for this extractor.
This plugin has the following capabilities:
- about
- catalog
- discover
- schema-flattening
- state
- stream-maps
You can
override these capabilities or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml by adding the capabilities key.
Settings
The
tap-lightdash settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly
find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:
Expand To Show SDK Settings
You can also list these settings using
with the meltano configlist
subcommand:
meltano config tap-lightdash list
You can
override these settings or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml by adding the settings key.
Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.
Password (password)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_PASSWORD
Password for authentication
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set password [value]Personal Access Token (personal_access_token)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
Personal access token to authenticate against the API service
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set personal_access_token [value]URL (url)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_URL
URL of your Lightdash instance
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set url [value]Username (username)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_USERNAME
Username to authenticate with
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set username [value]Expand To Show SDK Settings
Flattening Enabled (flattening_enabled)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_FLATTENING_ENABLED
'True' to enable schema flattening and automatically expand nested properties.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set flattening_enabled [value]Flattening Max Depth (flattening_max_depth)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_FLATTENING_MAX_DEPTH
The max depth to flatten schemas.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set flattening_max_depth [value]Stream Map Config (stream_map_config)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_STREAM_MAP_CONFIG
User-defined config values to be used within map expressions.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set stream_map_config [value]Stream Maps (stream_maps)
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Environment variable:
TAP_LIGHTDASH_STREAM_MAPS
Config object for stream maps capability. For more information check out Stream Maps.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-lightdash set stream_maps [value]Something missing?
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