Backport 11671 to 1.9.latest (#11684)

Co-authored-by: Michelle Ark <[email protected]>

Author: QMalcolm

.changes/unreleased/Features-20250526-112259.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Support config on columns
+time: 2025-05-26T11:22:59.767909-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: michelleark
+  Issue: "11651"

core/dbt/artifacts/resources/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # alias to latest resource definitions
 from dbt.artifacts.resources.v1.components import (
+    ColumnConfig,
     ColumnInfo,
     CompiledResource,
     Contract,

core/dbt/artifacts/resources/v1/components.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from dbt.artifacts.resources.base import Docs, FileHash, GraphResource
 from dbt.artifacts.resources.types import NodeType, TimePeriod
 from dbt.artifacts.resources.v1.config import NodeConfig
+from dbt_common.contracts.config.base import BaseConfig, MergeBehavior
 from dbt_common.contracts.config.properties import AdditionalPropertiesMixin
 from dbt_common.contracts.constraints import ColumnLevelConstraint
 from dbt_common.contracts.util import Mergeable
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ def keyword_args(self) -> Dict[str, Optional[NodeVersion]]:
             return {}
 
 
+@dataclass
+class ColumnConfig(BaseConfig):
+    meta: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict, metadata=MergeBehavior.Update.meta())
+    tags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class ColumnInfo(AdditionalPropertiesMixin, ExtensibleDbtClassMixin):
     """Used in all ManifestNodes and SourceDefinition"""
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ class ColumnInfo(AdditionalPropertiesMixin, ExtensibleDbtClassMixin):
     data_type: Optional[str] = None
     constraints: List[ColumnLevelConstraint] = field(default_factory=list)
     quote: Optional[bool] = None
+    config: ColumnConfig = field(default_factory=ColumnConfig)
     tags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     _extra: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     granularity: Optional[TimeGranularity] = None

core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class HasColumnProps(AdditionalPropertiesMixin, ExtensibleDbtClassMixin):
     data_type: Optional[str] = None
     constraints: List[Dict[str, Any]] = field(default_factory=list)
     docs: Docs = field(default_factory=Docs)
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     _extra: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
@@ -113,23 +114,11 @@ class HasColumnAndTestProps(HasColumnProps):
     )  # back compat for previous name of 'data_tests'
 
 
-@dataclass
-class UnparsedColumn(HasColumnAndTestProps):
-    quote: Optional[bool] = None
-    tags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    granularity: Optional[str] = None  # str is really a TimeGranularity Enum
-
-
 @dataclass
 class HasColumnDocs(dbtClassMixin):
     columns: Sequence[HasColumnProps] = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
-@dataclass
-class HasColumnTests(dbtClassMixin):
-    columns: Sequence[UnparsedColumn] = field(default_factory=list)
-
-
 @dataclass
 class HasYamlMetadata(dbtClassMixin):
     original_file_path: str
@@ -146,6 +135,18 @@ class HasConfig:
     config: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
+@dataclass
+class UnparsedColumn(HasConfig, HasColumnAndTestProps):
+    quote: Optional[bool] = None
+    tags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    granularity: Optional[str] = None  # str is really a TimeGranularity Enum
+
+
+@dataclass
+class HasColumnTests(dbtClassMixin):
+    columns: Sequence[UnparsedColumn] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class UnparsedVersion(dbtClassMixin):
     v: NodeVersion

core/dbt/parser/common.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, Dict, Generic, List, Optional, TypeVar, Union
 
-from dbt.artifacts.resources import ColumnInfo, NodeVersion
+from dbt.artifacts.resources import ColumnConfig, ColumnInfo, NodeVersion
 from dbt.contracts.graph.nodes import UnpatchedSourceDefinition
 from dbt.contracts.graph.unparsed import (
     HasColumnDocs,
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ def _add(self, column: HasColumnProps) -> None:
             quote=quote,
             _extra=column.extra,
             granularity=granularity,
+            config=ColumnConfig(
+                meta=column.config.get("meta", {}), tags=column.config.get("tags", [])
+            ),
         )
 
     @classmethod