Does Elementary still support in its latest releas...
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Does Elementary still support in its latest release the description field under a meta tag? For newer versions of dbt, descriptions can now be added to tests - are those pushed to the elementary report in the OS version as well?
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@kapa.ai Does elementary support jinja syntax in the meta fields?
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Based on the knowledge sources, Elementary does not fully support Jinja syntax in meta fields, particularly for tests. This is actually a limitation of dbt rather than Elementary. Several support staff and community members have confirmed this issue: 1. When a user tried to use Jinja in the meta field for tests, they encountered problems. A support staff member explained: "I think there is a known dbt issue that Jinja is not supported in the meta config" [Slack forum user question](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1694784828338069). 2. Another community member noted: "When using a jinja expression under a test's meta field the jinja is not being parsed and returned as a string, while when doing the same on a model's meta the jinja is being parsed" [Slack forum user question](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1674376762559239). This suggests there's a difference in behavior between models and tests: - Jinja in model meta fields appears to work - Jinja in test meta fields does not work properly As a workaround, for models you can use Jinja in the meta field, but for tests, you might need to use alternative approaches or define static values. The limitation appears to be with dbt's handling of Jinja in test meta fields rather than with Elementary itself.