# Why are children models being built when not specified?

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-are-children-models-being-built-when-not-specified/1082>\
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**Created:** [April 25, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-are-children-models-being-built-when-not-specified/1082 "2020-04-25T20:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![trevor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@trevor](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/trevor)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-are-children-models-being-built-when-not-specified/1082/1 "2020-04-25T20:32:49Z")

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I believe I’m using the right selection syntax to run just a single model. However, when I run this model without the + or \* or @, dbt builds the downstream models. I want to just run the model called inventory. What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![benjamindavison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@benjamindavison](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/benjamindavison)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-are-children-models-being-built-when-not-specified/1082/2 "2020-04-26T11:37:26Z")

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Hi Trevor,

Do you have the models in a directory called inventory?

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**Author:** ![trevor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@trevor](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/trevor)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/why-are-children-models-being-built-when-not-specified/1082/3 "2020-04-26T21:18:48Z")

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Ah yes! Thank you! That was it.