Support labels for semantic_models, dimensions, measures and entities (…

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.changes/unreleased/Features-20230914-074429.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add support for optional label in semantic_models, measures, dimensions and
+  entities.
+time: 2023-09-14T07:44:29.828199-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: emmyoop
+  Issue: "8595"

core/dbt/contracts/graph/nodes.py

@@ -1571,6 +1571,7 @@ class SemanticModel(GraphNode):
     model: str
     node_relation: Optional[NodeRelation]
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     defaults: Optional[Defaults] = None
     entities: Sequence[Entity] = field(default_factory=list)
     measures: Sequence[Measure] = field(default_factory=list)

core/dbt/contracts/graph/semantic_models.py

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Dimension(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     type: DimensionType
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     is_partition: bool = False
     type_params: Optional[DimensionTypeParams] = None
     expr: Optional[str] = None
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ class Entity(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     type: EntityType
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     role: Optional[str] = None
     expr: Optional[str] = None
 
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ class Measure(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     agg: AggregationType
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     create_metric: bool = False
     expr: Optional[str] = None
     agg_params: Optional[MeasureAggregationParameters] = None

core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py

@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ class UnparsedEntity(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     type: str  # EntityType enum
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     role: Optional[str] = None
     expr: Optional[str] = None
 
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ class UnparsedMeasure(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     agg: str  # actually an enum
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     expr: Optional[Union[str, bool, int]] = None
     agg_params: Optional[MeasureAggregationParameters] = None
     non_additive_dimension: Optional[UnparsedNonAdditiveDimension] = None
@@ -697,6 +699,7 @@ class UnparsedDimension(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     type: str  # actually an enum
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     is_partition: bool = False
     type_params: Optional[UnparsedDimensionTypeParams] = None
     expr: Optional[str] = None
@@ -708,6 +711,7 @@ class UnparsedSemanticModel(dbtClassMixin):
     model: str  # looks like "ref(...)"
     config: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     description: Optional[str] = None
+    label: Optional[str] = None
     defaults: Optional[Defaults] = None
     entities: List[UnparsedEntity] = field(default_factory=list)
     measures: List[UnparsedMeasure] = field(default_factory=list)

core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py

@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ def _get_dimensions(self, unparsed_dimensions: List[UnparsedDimension]) -> List[
                     name=unparsed.name,
                     type=DimensionType(unparsed.type),
                     description=unparsed.description,
+                    label=unparsed.label,
                     is_partition=unparsed.is_partition,
                     type_params=self._get_dimension_type_params(unparsed=unparsed.type_params),
                     expr=unparsed.expr,
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ def _get_entities(self, unparsed_entities: List[UnparsedEntity]) -> List[Entity]
                     name=unparsed.name,
                     type=EntityType(unparsed.type),
                     description=unparsed.description,
+                    label=unparsed.label,
                     role=unparsed.role,
                     expr=unparsed.expr,
                 )
@@ -499,6 +501,7 @@ def _get_measures(self, unparsed_measures: List[UnparsedMeasure]) -> List[Measur
                     name=unparsed.name,
                     agg=AggregationType(unparsed.agg),
                     description=unparsed.description,
+                    label=unparsed.label,
                     expr=str(unparsed.expr) if unparsed.expr is not None else None,
                     agg_params=unparsed.agg_params,
                     non_additive_dimension=self._get_non_additive_dimension(
@@ -572,6 +575,7 @@ def parse_semantic_model(self, unparsed: UnparsedSemanticModel):
 
         parsed = SemanticModel(
             description=unparsed.description,
+            label=unparsed.label,
             fqn=fqn,
             model=unparsed.model,
             name=unparsed.name,

tests/functional/semantic_models/fixtures.py

@@ -58,23 +58,29 @@
 
 semantic_models:
   - name: semantic_people
+    label: "Semantic People"
     model: ref('people')
     dimensions:
       - name: favorite_color
+        label: "Favorite Color"
         type: categorical
       - name: created_at
+        label: "Created At"
         type: TIME
         type_params:
           time_granularity: day
     measures:
       - name: years_tenure
+        label: "Years Tenure"
         agg: SUM
         expr: tenure
       - name: people
+        label: "People"
         agg: count
         expr: id
     entities:
       - name: id
+        label: "Primary ID"
         type: primary
     defaults:
       agg_time_dimension: created_at
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@
 
 semantic_models:
   - name: semantic_people
+    label: "Semantic People"
     model: ref('people')
     config:
       enabled: true
@@ -115,6 +122,7 @@
 
 semantic_models:
   - name: semantic_people
+    label: "Semantic People"
     model: ref('people')
     config:
       enabled: false

tests/unit/test_semantic_layer_nodes_satisfy_protocols.py

@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ def test_semantic_model_node_satisfies_protocol_optionals_specified(
             schema_name="test_schema_name",
         ),
         description="test_description",
+        label="test label",
         defaults=semantic_model_defaults,
         metadata=source_file_metadata,
         primary_entity="test_primary_entity",
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ def test_dimension_satisfies_protocol_optionals_specified(
         name="test_dimension",
         type=DimensionType.TIME,
         description="test_description",
+        label="test_label",
         type_params=dimension_type_params,
         expr="1",
         metadata=source_file_metadata,
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ def test_entity_satisfies_protocol_optionals_specified():
     entity = Entity(
         name="test_entity",
         description="a test entity",
+        label="A test entity",
         type=EntityType.PRIMARY,
         expr="id",
         role="a_role",
@@ -374,6 +377,7 @@ def test_measure_satisfies_protocol_optionals_specified(
     measure = Measure(
         name="test_measure",
         description="a test measure",
+        label="A test measure",
         agg="sum",
         create_metric=True,
         expr="amount",