No, you don't need to run

dbt run --select elementary

after the initial setup except in specific cases. According to the knowledge sources: 1. You should run

dbt run --select elementary

only: - When you first install Elementary in an environment to create the Elementary tables - When you upgrade to a new minor version of Elementary (e.g., from 0.4.X to 0.5.X) as schema changes may have been made 2. After the initial setup, Elementary's on-run-end hooks automatically populate and update the tables with new data during your regular dbt runs, so there's no need to run the Elementary models separately. As explained by Elementary staff: "Elementary tables are being filled by on-run-end hooks, not by a regular

dbt run

. Because of that, you should use

--select elementary

only on your first Elementary set up, or after a version update in case there's a change in the Elementary table/schema structure." [Slack forum answer](https://slack.com/archives/C02CTC89LAX/p1738663328669989) It's worth noting that running

dbt run --select elementary

more frequently than needed is harmless, but unnecessary for normal operations.