No Metadata Error, Can't Use Explore Section

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I am new to setting up dbt and I can’t get the ‘Explore’ section to sync with my projects.

It says that I need to run a ‘Job’ in order to do this, so I did yet there still appears to be an error.

Am I supposed to manually set something up in my yml files or account settings in order for the Explore section to work?

I’ve been googling and can’t find anybody with a similar problem, any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

What I’ve already tried

I’ve deployed jobs.
I’ve tried deleting my target folder and running ‘dbt run’ to create a new one.

Some example code or error messages

No Metadata Found
Please run a job in your production or staging environment to use dbt Explorer. dbt Explorer is powered by the latest production artifacts from your job runs.
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While it says you need to have a successful job run, there is also some more detail later in the docs under the “Generate Metadata” section. It specifically says what commands you will need to run in your job in order for certain features to be available. I ran into some issues early on because I hadn’t generated documentation in a job yet. Maybe that section will provide some insight.

Note: @Treven Mull originally posted this reply in Slack. It might not have transferred perfectly.