chore: avoid virtual datasets whenever possible

src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/datasets.py

@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ def create_dataset(
     Virtual datasets are created when the table database is different from the main
     database, for systems that support cross-database queries (Trino, BigQuery, etc.)
     """
+    kwargs = {
+        "database": database["id"],
+        "catalog": model["database"],
+        "schema": model["schema"],
+        "table_name": model.get("alias") or model["name"],
+    }
+    try:
+        # try to create dataset with catalog
+        return client.create_dataset(**kwargs)
+    except SupersetError as ex:
+        if not no_catalog_support(ex):
+            raise ex
+
     url = make_url(database["sqlalchemy_uri"])
     if model_in_database(model, url):
         kwargs = {
@@ -91,6 +104,32 @@ def create_dataset(
     return client.create_dataset(**kwargs)
 
 
+def no_catalog_support(ex: SupersetError) -> bool:
+    """
+    Return if the error is due to a lack of catalog support.
+
+    The errors payload looks like this:
+
+        [
+            {
+                "message": json.dumps({"message": {"catalog": ["Unknown field."]}}),
+                "error_type": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
+                "level": ErrorLevel.ERROR,
+            },
+        ]
+
+    """
+    for error in ex.errors:
+        try:
+            message = json.loads(error["message"])
+            if "Unknown field." in message["message"]["catalog"]:
+                return True
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            pass
+
+    return False
+
+
 def get_or_create_dataset(
     client: SupersetClient,
     model: ModelSchema,

tests/cli/superset/sync/dbt/datasets_test.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Tests for ``preset_cli.cli.superset.sync.dbt.datasets``.
 """
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name, too-many-lines
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name, too-many-lines, redefined-outer-name
 
 import json
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, cast
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@
     get_certification_info,
     get_or_create_dataset,
     model_in_database,
+    no_catalog_support,
     sync_datasets,
 )
-from preset_cli.exceptions import CLIError, ErrorLevel, ErrorPayload, SupersetError
+from preset_cli.exceptions import (
+    CLIError,
+    DatabaseNotFoundError,
+    ErrorLevel,
+    ErrorPayload,
+    SupersetError,
+)
 
 metric_schema = MetricSchema()
 
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ def test_sync_datasets_new(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     )
     client.create_dataset.assert_called_with(
         database=1,
+        catalog="examples_dev",
         schema="public",
         table_name="messages_channels",
     )
@@ -396,7 +404,12 @@ def test_sync_datasets_new_bq_error(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     )
     client.create_dataset.assert_has_calls(
         [
-            mock.call(database=1, schema="public", table_name="messages_channels"),
+            mock.call(
+                database=1,
+                catalog="examples_dev",
+                schema="public",
+                table_name="messages_channels",
+            ),
         ],
     )
     client.update_dataset.assert_has_calls([])
@@ -741,41 +754,69 @@ def test_sync_datasets_no_columns(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     )
 
 
-def test_create_dataset_physical(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+@pytest.fixture()
+def no_catalog_support_client(mocker: MockerFixture) -> Any:
     """
-    Test ``create_dataset`` for physical datasets.
+    Fixture to return a mocked client with no catalog support.
     """
     client = mocker.MagicMock()
+    client.create_dataset.side_effect = [
+        SupersetError(
+            errors=[
+                {
+                    "message": json.dumps({"message": {"catalog": ["Unknown field."]}}),
+                    "error_type": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
+                    "level": ErrorLevel.ERROR,
+                },
+            ],
+        ),
+        None,
+    ]
+    mocker.patch(
+        "preset_cli.cli.superset.sync.dbt.datasets.no_catalog_support",
+        return_value=True,
+    )
+    return client
 
+
+def test_create_dataset_physical_no_catalog(
+    no_catalog_support_client: MockerFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Test ``create_dataset`` for physical datasets.
+    """
     create_dataset(
-        client,
+        no_catalog_support_client,
         {
             "id": 1,
+            "catalog": "examples_dev",
             "schema": "public",
             "name": "Database",
             "sqlalchemy_uri": "postgresql://user@host/examples_dev",
         },
         models[0],
     )
-    client.create_dataset.assert_called_with(
+    no_catalog_support_client.create_dataset.assert_called_with(
         database=1,
         schema="public",
         table_name="messages_channels",
     )
 
 
-def test_create_dataset_virtual(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+def test_create_dataset_virtual(
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    no_catalog_support_client: MockerFixture,
+) -> None:
     """
     Test ``create_dataset`` for virtual datasets.
     """
     create_engine = mocker.patch(
         "preset_cli.cli.superset.sync.dbt.lib.create_engine",
     )
     create_engine().dialect.identifier_preparer.quote = lambda token: token
-    client = mocker.MagicMock()
 
     create_dataset(
-        client,
+        no_catalog_support_client,
         {
             "id": 1,
             "schema": "public",
@@ -784,7 +825,7 @@ def test_create_dataset_virtual(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
         },
         models[0],
     )
-    client.create_dataset.assert_called_with(
+    no_catalog_support_client.create_dataset.assert_called_with(
         database=1,
         schema="public",
         table_name="messages_channels",
@@ -793,18 +834,15 @@ def test_create_dataset_virtual(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
 
 
 def test_create_dataset_virtual_missing_dependency(
-    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
-    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    no_catalog_support_client: MockerFixture,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Test ``create_dataset`` for virtual datasets when the DB connection requires
     an additional package.
     """
-    client = mocker.MagicMock()
-
     with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
         create_dataset(
-            client,
+            no_catalog_support_client,
             {
                 "id": 1,
                 "schema": "public",
@@ -814,9 +852,18 @@ def test_create_dataset_virtual_missing_dependency(
             models[0],
         )
 
+
+def test_create_dataset_virtual_missing_dependency_snowflake(
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+    no_catalog_support_client: MockerFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Test ``create_dataset`` for virtual datasets when the DB connection requires
+    an additional package.
+    """
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
         create_dataset(
-            client,
+            no_catalog_support_client,
             {
                 "id": 1,
                 "schema": "public",
@@ -1442,3 +1489,59 @@ def test_clean_metadata() -> None:
         "to_be_kept": "To Be Kept",
         "yeah": "sure",
     }
+
+
+def test_no_catalog_support() -> None:
+    """
+    Test the ``no_catalog_support`` helper.
+    """
+    assert no_catalog_support(DatabaseNotFoundError()) is False
+    assert (
+        no_catalog_support(
+            SupersetError(
+                errors=[
+                    {
+                        "message": json.dumps({"message": "Error"}),
+                        "error_type": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
+                        "level": ErrorLevel.ERROR,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "message": json.dumps(
+                            {"message": {"catalog": ["Cannot contain spaces."]}},
+                        ),
+                        "error_type": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
+                        "level": ErrorLevel.ERROR,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "message": json.dumps(
+                            {"message": {"catalog": ["Unknown field."]}},
+                        ),
+                        "error_type": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
+                        "level": ErrorLevel.ERROR,
+                    },
+                ],
+            ),
+        )
+        is True
+    )
+
+
+def test_create_dataset_error(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    Test that ``create_dataset`` surfaces errors.
+    """
+    client = mocker.MagicMock()
+    client.create_dataset.side_effect = DatabaseNotFoundError()
+
+    with pytest.raises(DatabaseNotFoundError):
+        create_dataset(
+            client,
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "catalog": "examples_dev",
+                "schema": "public",
+                "name": "Database",
+                "sqlalchemy_uri": "postgresql://user@host/examples_dev",
+            },
+            models[0],
+        )