# Using dbt withSynapse Spark

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/using-dbt-withsynapse-spark/7382>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 19, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/using-dbt-withsynapse-spark/7382 "2023-03-19T19:27:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jvanheerden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jvanheerden](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/jvanheerden)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/using-dbt-withsynapse-spark/7382/1 "2023-03-19T19:27:13Z")

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Morning all

I’d like to find out if anyone has managed to get dbt working with against Synapse Spark?

I’ve manged to create a test project which I have configured against Databricks and Synapse Dedicated pool, but I’m wondering if it is even possible to use Synapse Spark as a transformation engine using dbt.

I have created a database with external tables over my parquet\delta sources, but it seems to me that:

(1) the SQL functionality of Synapse’s Spark implementation is too limited  
(2) it may not be possible to configure dbt to access Synapse Spark as an end-point.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ingmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Ingmar](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/Ingmar)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/using-dbt-withsynapse-spark/7382/2 "2023-09-19T10:42:36Z")

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I’m also looking to see if it’s possible to use synapse spark with dbt. Is there anybody that can clarify this?