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How to create multiple Lightdash projects in your organization

With Lightdash, you can have a single organization (e.g. Lightdash), and multiple projects within that organization (e.g. Production, Jaffle Shop, etc.)

To create a new project, head to the settings​

To create a new project, click on settings --> project management --> create new project.

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Give your project a nice, new name, then get started on setting up the dbt and warehouse connection.

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Only users with admin permissions can create new projects.

Set up the dbt + warehouse connection​

You'll need to define the dbt and warehouse connections for your new project.

Not sure what it all means? Don't worry, we've written a step-by-step guide that will help you out.

Easily switch between projects​

Once you've got multiple projects set up, you can easily switch through the projects in your organization using the drop-down list in the top corner of your screen.

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Go to the project management settings to delete a project​

Don't need a project anymore? That's okay - you can easily delete a project in the project settings space.

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Only users with admin permissions can delete projects.

Things worth mentioning about multiple projects​

  • All of the users in your organization can access all of the projects in your organization.
  • You can use multiple projects to configure a Lightdash development project. Check out the tutorial on this here.