Create _config-description-general.md

website/docs/reference/model-configs.md

@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ title: Model configurations
 description: "Read this guide to understand model configurations in dbt."
 ---
 
+import ConfigResource from '/snippets/_config-description-resource.md';
+import ConfigGeneral from '/snippets/_config-description-general.md';
+
 ## Related documentation
 * [Models](/docs/build/models)
 * [`run` command](/reference/commands/run)
 
 ## Available configurations
 ### Model-specific configurations
 
+<ConfigResource />
+
 <Tabs
   groupId="config-languages"
   defaultValue="project-yaml"
@@ -78,6 +83,8 @@ models:
 
 ### General configurations
 
+<ConfigGeneral />
+
 <Tabs
   groupId="config-languages"
   defaultValue="project-yaml"

website/snippets/_config-description-general.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+General configurations provide broader operational settings applicable across multiple resources. These include enabling/disabling resources, tagging, database and schema specifications, and operational settings like pre-hooks and post-hooks. These can also be set in the project file, property file, or within the resource file.

website/snippets/_config-description-resource.md

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+Resource-specific configurations are applied to individual dbt resources, influencing their specific attributes. These settings can be defined in the project file (`dbt_project.yml`), a property file (`models/properties.yml` for models, similarly for other resources), or within the resource’s file using the `{{ config() }}` macro.