Hear how EF (Education First) modernized its data stack from a legacy SQL Server-based environment to a modern Snowflake and dbt-based data stack. Find out what challenges and key decisions were handled during the process, and learn how to incorporate some of their key takeaways into your work.

Get certified at Coalesce! Choose from two certification exams: The dbt Analytics Engineering Certification Exam is designed to evaluate your ability to: Build, test, and maintain models to make data accessible to others Use dbt to apply engineering principles to analytics infrastructure We recommend that you have at least SQL proficiency and have had 6+ months of experience working in dbt (self-hosted dbt or the dbt platform) before attempting the exam. The dbt Architect Certification Exam assesses your ability to: Design secure, scalable dbt implementations, with a focus on environment orchestration Role-based access control Integrations with other tools Collaborative development workflows aligned with best practices What to expect Your purchase includes sitting for one attempt at one of the two in-person exams at Coalesce You will let the proctor know which certification you are sitting for Please arrive on time, this is a closed-door certification, and attendees will not be let in after the doors are closed What to bring You will need to bring your own laptop to take the exam Duration: 2 Hours Fee: $100 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes If you no-show for your certification, you will not be refunded

Learn how dbt is evolving with the next-generation engine powered by Fusion. In this hands-on session, you'll explore how Fusion improves dbt’s performance, enables richer SQL parsing, and sets the stage for future enhancements like better refactoring tools and faster development workflows.What to bring: You must bring your own laptop to complete the hands-on exercises. We will provide all the other sandbox environments for dbt and a data platform.

dbt Canvas makes it simple for every data practitioner to contribute to a dbt project. Learn the foundational concepts of developing in Canvas, dbt's new visual editor, and the best practices of editing and creating dbt models. After this course, you will be able to: Create new dbt models and edit existing models in dbt Canvas Understand the different operators in Canvas Evaluate the underlying SQL produced by Canvas Prerequisites for this course include: Basic SQL understanding What to bring: You will need to bring your own laptop to complete the hands-on exercises. We will provide all the other sandbox environments for dbt and data platform. Duration: 2 hours Fee: $200 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes

Get certified at Coalesce! Choose from two certification exams: The dbt Analytics Engineering Certification Exam is designed to evaluate your ability to: Build, test, and maintain models to make data accessible to others Use dbt to apply engineering principles to analytics infrastructure We recommend that you have at least SQL proficiency and have had 6+ months of experience working in dbt (self-hosted dbt or the dbt platform) before attempting the exam. The dbt Architect Certification Exam assesses your ability to: Design secure, scalable dbt implementations, with a focus on environment orchestration Role-based access control Integrations with other tools Collaborative development workflows aligned with best practices What to expect Your purchase includes sitting for one attempt at one of the two in-person exams at Coalesce You will let the proctor know which certification you are sitting for Please arrive on time, this is a closed-door certification, and attendees will not be let in after the doors are closed What to bring You will need to bring your own laptop to take the exam Duration: 2 Hours Fee: $100 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes If you no-show your certification, you will not be refunded

We built a zero-footprint SQL testing framework using mock data and the full power of the pytest ecosystem to catch syntactic and semantic issues before they reach production. More than just a tool, it helped shift our team’s mindset by integrating into CI/CD, encouraging contract-driven development, and promoting testable SQL. In this session, we’ll share our journey, key lessons learned, and how we open-sourced the framework to make it available for everyone.

At EQT, we use dbt as the backbone for contracts, metadata, and increasingly, semantic models. Many of our users work in Excel, so we built a custom add-in to make governed data and shared metrics directly accessible where exploration happens. This setup also lets us experiment with AI-assisted discovery and text-to-SQL, connecting both raw data and dbt’s semantic layer to live, auditable analysis.

Get certified at Coalesce! Choose from two certification exams: The dbt Analytics Engineering Certification Exam is designed to evaluate your ability to: Build, test, and maintain models to make data accessible to others Use dbt to apply engineering principles to analytics infrastructure We recommend that you have at least SQL proficiency and have had 6+ months of experience working in dbt (self-hosted dbt or the dbt platform) before attempting the exam. The dbt Architect Certification Exam assesses your ability to: Design secure, scalable dbt implementations, with a focus on environment orchestration Role-based access control Integrations with other tools Collaborative development workflows aligned with best practices What to expect Your purchase includes sitting for one attempt at one of the two in-person exams at Coalesce You will let the proctor know which certification you are sitting for Please arrive on time, this is a closed-door certification, and attendees will not be let in after the doors are closed What to bring You will need to bring your own laptop to take the exam Duration: 2 Hours Fee: $100 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes If you no-show your certification, you will not be refunded

We transformed our entire stack to turn data into a competitive asset for our team and clients—going from scattered SQL scripts to a governed, scalable, AI-enabled architecture. Learn how we eliminated silos and standardized logic to create a data-forward culture with dbt as our transformation backbone.

Learn how dbt is evolving with the next-generation engine powered by Fusion. In this hands-on session, you'll explore how Fusion improves dbt’s performance, enables richer SQL parsing, and sets the stage for future enhancements like better refactoring tools and faster development workflows. What to bring: You must bring your own laptop to complete the hands-on exercises. We will provide all the other sandbox environments for dbt and a data platform.

dbt Canvas makes it simple for every data practitioner to contribute to a dbt project. Learn the foundational concepts of developing in Canvas, dbt's new visual editor, and the best practices of editing and creating dbt models. After this course, you will be able to: Create new dbt models and edit existing models in dbt Canvas Understand the different operators in Canvas Evaluate the underlying SQL produced by Canvas Prerequisites for this course include: Basic SQL understanding What to bring: You will need to bring your own laptop to complete the hands-on exercises. We will provide all the other sandbox environments for dbt and data platform. Duration: 2 hours Fee: $200 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes

Get certified at Coalesce! Choose from two certification exams: The dbt Analytics Engineering Certification Exam is designed to evaluate your ability to: Build, test, and maintain models to make data accessible to others Use dbt to apply engineering principles to analytics infrastructure We recommend that you have at least SQL proficiency and have had 6+ months of experience working in dbt (self-hosted dbt or the dbt platform) before attempting the exam. The dbt Architect Certification Exam assesses your ability to: Design secure, scalable dbt implementations, with a focus on environment orchestration Role-based access control Integrations with other tools Collaborative development workflows aligned with best practices What to expect Your purchase includes sitting for one attempt at one of the two in-person exams at Coalesce You will let the proctor know which certification you are sitting for Please arrive on time, this is a closed-door certification, and attendees will not be let in after the doors are closed What to bring You will need to bring your own laptop to take the exam Duration: 2 Hours Fee: $100 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes If you no-show your certification, you will not be refunded

This is the introductory course for developers jumping into dbt! We will dive into data modeling, sources, data tests, documentation, and deployment. As an instructor-led course, you’ll have the chance to learn with peers, ask questions, and get live coaching and feedback. After this course, you will be able to: Explain the foundational concepts of dbt Build data models and a DAG to visualize dependencies Configure tests and add documentation to your models Deploy your dbt project to refresh data models on a schedule Prerequisites for this course: Intermediate SQL knowledge What to bring: You must bring your own laptop to complete the hands-on exercises. We will provide all the other sandbox environments for dbt and data platform. Duration: 4 hours Fee: $400 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes

Get certified at Coalesce! Choose from two certification exams: The dbt Analytics Engineering Certification Exam is designed to evaluate your ability to: Build, test, and maintain models to make data accessible to others Use dbt to apply engineering principles to analytics infrastructure We recommend that you have at least SQL proficiency and have had 6+ months of experience working in dbt (self-hosted dbt or the dbt platform) before attempting the exam. The dbt Architect Certification Exam assesses your ability to: Design secure, scalable dbt implementations, with a focus on environment orchestration Role-based access control Integrations with other tools Collaborative development workflows aligned with best practices What to expect Your purchase includes sitting for one attempt at one of the two in-person exams at Coalesce You will let the proctor know which certification you are sitting for Please arrive on time, this is a closed-door certification, and attendees will not be let in after the doors are closed What to bring You will need to bring your own laptop to take the exam Duration: 2 Hours Fee: $100 Trainings and certifications are not offered separately and must be purchased with a Coalesce pass Trainings and certifications are not available for Coalesce Online passes If you no-show your certification, you will not be refunded