# Exclude certain views from running

**URL:** https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/exclude-certain-views-from-running/13504
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** redshift, dbt-cloud
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/exclude-certain-views-from-running/13504 "2024-05-23T23:06:49Z")
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### Author: ![williamli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@williamli](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/williamli)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/exclude-certain-views-from-running/13504/1 "2024-05-23T23:06:49Z")

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I know I can run something like `dbt build --exclude config.materialized:view` if I want dbt to skip the creation of views that already exist. But what if I have views dependent on tables that get cascade dropped because those tables aren’t incremental models? Is there a way to skip views that don’t have that dependency but recreate the views that do have that dependency? Thanks in advance.