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Utilize existing Profiles library projects containing predefined features.

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Profiles gives you the flexibility to utilize models from existing library projects while defining your own models and inputs within the PB project. This approach allows for a seamless integration of library of pre-existing features, which are readily available and can be applied directly to data streamed into your warehouse.

In the absence of any explicitly defined models, the PB project is capable of compiling and running models from the library package given that inputs are present in the warehouse as assumed in the lib package.

The following list of packages are currently available in Profiles. You can contact the RudderStack team to access these:

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Some of the above-listed packages might not work for certain warehouses.

Generally, there will be some deviations in terms of the database name and schema name of input models - however, you can easily handle this by remapping inputs.

A sample pb_project.yaml file may look as follows:

name: app_project
schema_version: 80
profile: test
packages:
  - name: test_ft
    gitUrl: "https://github.com/rudderlabs/librs360-shopify-features/tree/main"

In this case, the PB project imports a single package. It does not require a separate models folder or entities as the input and output models will be sourced from the imported packages.

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Note that:

  • If non-mandatory inputs required by the model are not present in the warehouse, you can still run the model.
  • If there is any deviation in the table/view name for input models, that is, if the inputs assumed in library package are present under some other name, make sure to do the remapping.
  • If some of the assumed inputs are not present at all, they should be remapped to nil. This way you can create and run imported packages with minimal set of inputs present.

For example, to import a library package named shopify_features:

packages: 
  - name: shopify_features
    url: https://github.com/rudderlabs/librs360-shopify-features/tree/main
    inputsMap: 
      rsCartCreate: inputs/rsWarehouseCartCreate
      rsCartUpdate: inputs/rsCartUpdate
      rsIdentifies: inputs/rsIdentifies
      rsOrderCancelled: inputs/rsOrderCancelled
      rsOrderCreated: inputs/rsOrderCreated
      rsPages: nil
      rsTracks: nil

To import packages hosted on Amazon S3:

packages:
  - name: sample_pkg
    url: s3://bucket/packages/sample

In models/inputs.yaml, define these inputs with table names present in the warehouse.

inputs:
  - name: rsWarehouseCartCreate
    app_defaults:
      table: YOUR_DB.YOUR_SCHEMA.CART_CREATE_TABLE_NAME_IN_YOUR_WH
    occurred_at_col: timestamp
    ids:
      - select: "anonymous_id"
        type: anonymous_id
        entity: user
      - select: "id2"
        type: test_id
        entity: user
        to_default_stitcher: true
      - select: "id3"
        type: exclude_id
        entity: user
        to_default_stitcher: true
  - name: rsIdentifies
    app_defaults:
      table: YOUR_DB.YOUR_SCHEMA.IDENTIFIES
    occurred_at_col: timestamp
    ids:
      - select: "user_id"
        type: user_id
        entity: user
      - select: "anonymous_id"
        type: anonymous_id
        entity: user
      - select: "lower(email)"
        type: email
        entity: user

Note that the name of the table/view is changed to the appropriate name in your warehouse. If tables are present with the same name (including database name and schema name) then no remapping is required.

Best schema version (tags)

It is recommended to use git-tags instead of the latest commit on main branch of your library projects. Also, you can use a specific tag, for example: https://github.com/org-name/lib-name/tag/schema_<n>.

If you want Profile Builder to figure out the best schema version for every run, you can use the placeholder {{best_schema_version}}, for example, https://github.com/org-name/lib-name/tag/schema_{{best_schema_version}}. The selection of compatible git tags is done by PB, that is, it will figure out the best compatible version for the lib package.

A sample project file:

packages:
  - name: shopify_features
    url: https://github.com/org-name/lib-names/tag/schema_{{best_schema_version}}
    inputsMap:
      rsCartUpdate: inputs/rsCartUpdate
      rsIdentifies: inputs/rsIdentifies

Using this will make Profiles use the best compatible version of the library project in case of any schema updates.

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You don’t have to replace the placeholder {{best_schema_version}}. For instance, if https://github.com/org-name/lib-names/tags/ has a tag for schema_44, then https://github.com/org-name/lib-names/tag/schema_44 will be automatically used. In any case, if you replace the placeholder with actual tag name, the project will work without any issues.

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