# dbt run --no-version-check parsing error

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-run-no-version-check-parsing-error/14197>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 10, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-run-no-version-check-parsing-error/14197 "2024-07-10T22:56:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![sreenig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sreenig](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/sreenig)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-run-no-version-check-parsing-error/14197/1 "2024-07-10T22:56:54Z")

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Parsing Error  
Invalid metrics config given in FilePath(searched\_path=‘models’, relative\_path=‘1-staging\ads\metrics.yml’, modification\_time=1720463882.679679, project\_root=‘root/folder’) @ metrics: {‘name’: ‘total\_paid\_spend’, ‘label’: ‘Total Paid Spend’, ‘model’: “ref(‘prod\_ads\_timeline’)”, ‘description’: ‘Total paid ad spend’, ‘expression’: ‘spend’, ‘calculation\_method’: ‘sum’, ‘timestamp’: ‘report\_date’, ‘time\_grains’: [‘week’, ‘month’, ‘quarter’, ‘year’], ‘dimensions’: [‘platform’]} - at path : Additional properties are not allowed (‘calculation\_method’, ‘dimensions’, ‘expression’, ‘model’, ‘time\_grains’, ‘timestamp’ were unexpected)

Tried the above code after sorting the package issue. But unable to resolve this

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**Author:** ![Miroslaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Miroslaw](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/Miroslaw)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-run-no-version-check-parsing-error/14197/2 "2024-09-09T10:58:31Z")

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Yes I got same error and I can not figure this either.