dataform-co
Feature Request: Support onSchemaChange in Dataform CLI
As noted in your documentation, the onSchemaChange option isn’t currently supported in the Dataform CLI.
We rely almost entirely on the CLI for development and rarely use the BigQuery UI, so it’s disappointing that this feature isn’t available there yet.
Adding support would greatly improve workflow parity and automation.
I have noticed that it does not throw a runtime error when using the cli with this option. I personally am using the Dataform api to execute the current file from local development environment to make use of this feature.
It may not throw a runtime error but it ignores the onSchemaChange setting in config.
I just tested with onSchemaChange: "SYNCHRONIZE" and I get errors like bigquery error: Query error: Name test_col not found inside S at [93:345]. During that test the SYNCHRONIZE setting was supposed to remove the test_col column, but instead I got the error.
Yes, this is only supported for the GCP Dataform and we don't have ETA for the Dataform CLI support.
@Tuseeq1, it makes sense to throw an error that this is not supported in the CLI to avoid confusion.
