JSON artifacts

Write JSON artifacts

The WRITE_JSON config determines whether dbt writes JSON artifacts (for example, manifest.json, run_results.json) to the target/ directory. JSON serialization can be slow, and turning this flag off might make invocations of dbt faster. Alternatively, you can disable this config to perform a dbt operation and avoid overwriting artifacts from a previous run step.

Usage

dbt run --no-write-json 

Target path

By default, dbt will write JSON artifacts and compiled SQL files to a directory named target/. This directory is located relative to dbt_project.yml of the active project.

Just like other global configs, it is possible to override these values for your environment or invocation by using the CLI option (--target-path) or environment variables (DBT_TARGET_PATH).