How to use vars from private package into multiple dbt projects

[LPauzies]

Hello, I'm currently trying to factorize our dbt project, to achieve this, I have created a dbt package which is private. It is working well with macros, but when I try to import variables into my "main" dbt projects, I'm blocked.

package_dbt/dbt_project.yml

name: package_dbt
version: 1.0
config-version: 2

macro-paths:
  - "macros"

vars:
  variable1: 20

main_project/packages.yml

packages:
  - local: ../../../libraries/package_dbt

main_project/dbt_project.yml

name: main
version: 1.0
config-version: 2

model-paths:
  - models

models:
    project_data:  # project_name
        marts:
          analytics

main_project/marts.my_mart.sql

select {{ var('variable1') }};

As macros, I have tried {{ var('package_dbt.variable1') }} but does not work, like {{ package_dbt.var('variable1') }}

Do you have any ideas about this ? Am I missing something ? It seems weird to have the possibility to create packages but not share the variables...

Regards

[GuillermoNasarre]

Hi @LPauzies, package variables are not accessible from within a project, you can only overwrite them.

Check out here an alternative solution you can use and please upvote the idea if you find it useful, thanks!