{"id":"c98a7fde-cff4-4d63-bcfa-22c8a33e30c5","task":"Define a dbt exposure to document and govern BI tool and downstream system dependencies on dbt models","domain":"docs.getdbt.com","steps":["Create or edit an exposures YAML file in the models directory","Define an exposure with type (dashboard, notebook, application, or ml), owner, and depends_on referencing the dbt models and sources the exposure consumes","Run dbt docs generate to include the exposure in the documentation site and lineage graph","Use dbt ls --select +exposure:my_dashboard to see all models that the exposure depends on, enabling impact analysis before changing those models","Add the exposure to the CI selector so that changes to upstream models trigger tests for the exposure's dependent models"],"gotchas":["Exposures are documentation-only objects; dbt does not enforce any schema contract between the exposure and its dependent models — a schema change can silently break the downstream consumer","The depends_on list must use ref() or source() syntax to register the lineage correctly; listing a table name as a string will not link the exposure in the DAG","Exposures are not visible in dbt Cloud's data catalog unless dbt docs generate has been run after the exposure was added; cached catalog pages may not show new exposures immediately"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T07:22:33.576Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c98a7fde-cff4-4d63-bcfa-22c8a33e30c5"}