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+name: dbt_run_template
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      dbt_command:
+        type: string
+        description: 'dbt commands to run'
+        required: true
+      environment:
+        type: string
+        description: 'github environment to get configuration values'
+        required: true
+      warehouse:
+        type: string
+        description: 'dbt warehouse'
+        required: true
+
+env:
+  USE_VARS: "${{ vars.USE_VARS }}"
+  DBT_PROFILES_DIR: "${{ vars.DBT_PROFILES_DIR }}"
+
+  PASSWORD: "${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}"
+
+  DBT_VERSION: "${{ secrets.DBT_VERSION }}"
+  ACCOUNT: "${{ secrets.ACCOUNT }}"
+  ROLE: "${{ secrets.ROLE }}"
+  USER: "${{ secrets.USER }}"
+  REGION: "${{ secrets.REGION }}"
+  DATABASE: "${{ secrets.DATABASE }}"
+  SCHEMA: "${{ secrets.SCHEMA }}"
+
+  WAREHOUSE: "${{ inputs.warehouse }}"
+  
+jobs:
+  run_dbt_jobs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: 
+      name: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: overwrite env vars
+        if: ${{ env.USE_VARS == 'TRUE' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "DBT_VERSION=${{ vars.DBT_VERSION }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "ACCOUNT=${{ vars.ACCOUNT }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "ROLE=${{ vars.ROLE }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "USER=${{ vars.USER }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "REGION=${{ vars.REGION }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DATABASE=${{ vars.DATABASE }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "SCHEMA=${{ vars.SCHEMA }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      
+      - name: log all env vars
+        run: |
+          echo "USE_VARS: $USE_VARS"
+          echo "DBT_PROFILES_DIR: $DBT_PROFILES_DIR"
+
+          echo "DBT_VERSION: $DBT_VERSION"
+          echo "ACCOUNT: $ACCOUNT"
+          echo "ROLE: $ROLE"
+          echo "USER: $USER"
+          echo "REGION: $REGION"
+          echo "DATABASE: $DATABASE"
+          echo "SCHEMA: $SCHEMA"
+          echo "WAREHOUSE: $WAREHOUSE"
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.7.x"
+
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip3 install dbt-snowflake==${{ env.DBT_VERSION }} cli_passthrough requests click
+
+      - name: log dbt debug
+        run: |
+          dbt debug
+
+                  
+      - name: dbt dependencies
+        run: |
+          dbt deps
+
+      - name: Run DBT Jobs
+        run: |
+          ${{ inputs.dbt_command }}