[Verse 1] Sarah builds her pipeline, transforms the messy stream Raw data flows from sources, nothing's quite what it seems But when she leaves for vacation, chaos fills the void Her teammate Jake stares blankly at the cryptic code deployed [Pre-Chorus] Where did this column come from? What does this function do? The knowledge lives inside her head But now the team needs clues [Chorus] Document your data, trace the family tree Every transformation needs a pedigree From source to sink, make the pathway clear D-B-T docs will save you tears Document your data, let the story flow Future you will thank you when you need to know [Verse 2] DBT compiles your models into living books Dependencies mapped like branches, every twist and hook Click the blue node, see where columns get their birth Upstream tables feed downstream, showing data's worth [Pre-Chorus] Hover on that field name Watch the tooltip bloom Schema descriptions dancing Banish confusion's gloom [Chorus] Document your data, trace the family tree Every transformation needs a pedigree From source to sink, make the pathway clear D-B-T docs will save you tears Document your data, let the story flow Future you will thank you when you need to know [Bridge] YAML holds your secrets, descriptions rich and deep Column tests and business rules, promises to keep Lineage graphs paint pictures of your data's DNA From bronze to gold, the story's told In visual display [Verse 3] Six months later Sarah's gone, but her wisdom stays alive Jake can navigate the models, watch the pipeline thrive Comments in the config files explain the "why" not "what" Institutional memory preserved from the knowledge glut [Final Chorus] Document your data, trace the family tree Every transformation needs a pedigree From source to sink, make the pathway clear D-B-T docs will save you tears Document your data, let the story flow Future teams will bless you when they need to know [Outro] Self-documenting pipelines sing their own sweet song When data tells its story, nothing can go wrong
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