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Navigate and visualise your dbt workspace, fast.

With daglane, explore interactive lineage, follow dependencies, and see how projects connect across your workspace, all inside your IDE.

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  1. 01Open your dbt model
  2. 02daglane iconOpen daglane from the toolbar
  3. 03Navigate visually across projects
daglane opening model lineage and exploring related assets

Your dbt project stays on your machine

Install the extension and open your dbt workspace. Explore lineage alongside your code, with your project files staying on your machine.

  • No account
  • No API key
  • No telemetry
  • No project upload
  • No warehouse credentials
  • dbt™ Core 1.11Verified against 1.11.12
    2.0 not yet verified

Focus on one model.Expand across the workspace.

  • Focus on a model and set upstream and downstream depth independently
  • Explore one project or the full workspace, including sibling projects and locally installed packages
  • Expand dependencies from any card; search and choose models when there are more than five neighbours
  • Open a resource’s backing file directly from its card
  • Read materialisation and deprecation labels as you trace dependencies
  • See whether the graph is up to date and when it was last refreshed
daglane focusing the graph on a model, changing upstream and downstream depth, and changing project scope

Shape the view around the question you are asking

  • Pan and zoom to explore the graph; drag cards to arrange the view
  • Select multiple cards and hide resources you do not need to see
  • Undo and redo changes to your view
  • Use Reset to Focus to clear manual expansion, hidden models, and layout while keeping your chosen depths and project scope
  • Use Reset Layout to restore positions and zoom for the visible models
  • Rearrange and fit the graph as you expand, or choose Keep positions to preserve your layout
daglane selecting and hiding cards, then choosing upstream and downstream models

See the projects in your workspace and how they connect

  • Expand Projects to see each dbt project and its resource counts
  • Open Project lineage to explore dependencies between projects in your workspace
  • Check workspace totals, index status, and the latest index build duration
daglane Summary expanding project resource counts and the cross-project dependency map

Make daglane work your way

  • Choose coloured or neutral cards, stronger connection contrast, and reduced motion
  • Show dbt file icons in Explorer or restore your previous icon theme
  • Set default upstream and downstream depth and initial zoom
  • Follow the active editor automatically, or keep your focus pinned while browsing files
  • Update lineage on save or refresh manually; use Save All & Update when unsaved changes are needed
  • Restore preference defaults or open VS Code settings to change workspace overrides
daglane Settings showing appearance and Model Lineage preferences

Copy or save the graph you are looking at

  • Copy a screenshot
  • Save as PNG
  • Export an editable SVG
  • Save interactive HTML
daglane opening Share lineage, saving interactive HTML, and showing the completion control

How lineage is built

From project files to a lineage graph

daglane reads the dbt files in your workspace to identify resources and the dependencies between them.

The graph updates when you save a dbt file. You can switch to manual updates in Settings.

daglane flags unresolved references and unsupported dbt features in diagnostics.

Install daglane in your IDE

Choose your IDE to open daglane’s extension page, then select Install.

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