Misleading exception catching

[akerone]

Describe the bug In great_expectations/data_context/store/store_backend.py, at least from versions 0.14.0 to 0.14.8, line 103.

This exception tells us that there is something wrong in great_expectations.yaml, when in reality it could be anything. In our case, it was a missing requirement to the google-cloud-storage library from pip. Without a proper stack trace, it took us too much time to trace down.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new venv
2. Install great expectations
3. Configure a Store to read from GCS (with google-cloud-storage not installed)
4. Try following the notebook after great_expectations datasource new

Expected behavior Printing the full stack trace of the error that occurred, rather than just a simple warning text.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Operating System: Windows 10
• Great Expectations Version: 0.14.0 to 0.14.8 (ad minimum)

Additional context

[talagluck]

Thanks for raising this, @akerone - we will review and be in touch!

[austiezr]

Hey @akerone ! We have eyes on this issue and will be reviewing in the near future.

[rdodev]

Hey @akerone is this still an issue in the latest version of GX?

[akerone]

Hi,

I don't know since we stopped using Great Expectations altogether due to this and other bugs.

[rdodev]

Hey @akerone This is truly disappointing to hear :( If it's not too much to ask, would you mind sharing if you're using a different DQ tool or did you device a homegrown solution?

[akerone]

Since we decided to use dbt for our ELT processes, we're using dbt tests w/ the dbt-expectations package which tries to replicate most GX tests in "dbt-native" macros. No need for two separate systems for ELT and testing.