Export: DCS

Exports the data contract to the DCS (Data Contract Specification) format.

datacontract export dcs orders.odcs.yaml --output datacontract.yaml

Running this against the example orders contract produces (excerpt):

id: urn:datacontract:checkout:orders
info:
  title: Orders
  version: 1.0.0
  status: active
  description: Tracks customer orders and their line items for analytics and reporting.
servers:
  production:
    type: snowflake
    account: my-account
    database: ANALYTICS
    schema: ORDERS
  bigquery:
    type: bigquery
    project: my-gcp-project
    dataset: orders
terms:
  usage: Used by the analytics team to build revenue dashboards and by finance for
    reconciliation.
  limitations: Not suitable for real-time fraud detection; data is loaded in hourly
    batches.
  description: Tracks customer orders and their line items for analytics and reporting.
models:
  orders:
    description: One row per customer order.
    type: table
    fields:
      order_id:
        type: string
        required: true
        primaryKey: true
        unique: true
        description: Unique identifier of the order.
      order_timestamp:
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