Bruin

Bruin is a unified analytics platform that enables data professionals to work end-to-end for their data pipelines. This extension is built to improve the development experience of data products on Bruin using Visual Studio Code.

🚀 Key Features

Assets Details viewer

• Show and update asset details from the UI.
• Renders SQL content within a VS Code Webview.
• Copy SQL content with a single click.
• Auto-refreshes when the file is updated.
• Supports running and validating assets with options like --downstream and --full-refresh via checkboxes.
• Date inputs for selecting start and end dates for the run command.

Connections Management

• Display and manage connections integrated with Bruin CLI.
• Add, remove or duplicate connections directly from the UI.
• Test exsiting connections to ensure their validity.

Bruin Settings

• The Settings tab in the side panel provides a straightforward way to install and update the Bruin CLI.
• Access Bruin documentation or view system information with a single click.

Asset Lineage

• View and interact with the lineage of assets.
• Expand each node to see dependencies and easily access asset files.
• Toggle visibility for upstream and downstream assets.

Query Preview Panel

• Visualizes query execution results in a new panel.
• Displays formatted output for easier analysis.
• Supports multi-tab functionality to run different queries separately.

Autocomplete and Snippets

• Autocomplete support for .bruin.yml, pipeline.yml, and *.asset.yml files with predefined options and schema validations.
• Snippets for creating Bruin root configuration, pipelines, and assets.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Autocomplete

• Manual Trigger:
  • Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Space
  • Mac: Option+Esc (⌥+Esc)
• Auto Trigger: Completions appear automatically when typing : or - followed by a space

💡 Tip: If manual completion doesn't work with the default shortcuts, check your VS Code keyboard shortcuts by going to File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts (or Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac) and search for "trigger suggest".

Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Navigate to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X).
3. Search for "Bruin" and click Install.

Note: Ensure that you have the Bruin CLI installed on your system before using the new features. For guidance on installing the Bruin CLI, please refer to the official documentation.

Release Notes

Recent Update

• 0.70.6: Fixed query preview display of columns with object and array types.
• 0.70.5: Optimized interval_modifiers payload (send only on update) and improved 'none' materialization type handling.
• 0.70.4: Fixed a bug where strategy was not removed from assets when switching to view materialization.
• 0.70.3: Added an option to the validate dropdown menu to format assets with SQLFluff formatting.
• 0.70.2: Fixed full refresh start date logic to use pipeline start date (if available) or the user-defined start date.
• 0.70.1: Enabled the rendering of SQL queries for .task.yml files.
• 0.70.0: Added pipeline variables management UI to the extension.

For a full changelog, see Bruin Extension Changelog.

How to Update

To update to the latest version, search for "Bruin" in the Extensions Marketplace and click the Update button.