If you have ever looked at your dbt DAG and wished you could add some visual distinction to help your team quickly identify different model types, domains, or data layers, the node_color configuration is exactly what you need. This powerful feature allows you to customize the appearance of your models, seeds, snapshots, and analyses directly in the dbt documentation DAG.
The node_color configuration is a documentation attribute within dbt that lets you customize the display color of supported node types in the DAG visualization. This feature helps teams create more intuitive and visually organized data lineage graphs by color-coding models based on their purpose, domain, or layer in the data architecture.
Supported node types:
Note: Sources, macros, and tests do not currently support custom node colors.
This article was originally published at https://medium.com/towards-data-engineering/customizing-your-dbt-documentation-with-node-color-2e7eda74434b?source=rss-670f6306e3c0------2