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Configuring database for data tests
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Configure a database in your `dbt_project.yml` file.
Customize the database for storing test results in your `dbt_project.yml` file.

For example, to load a test into a database called `reporting` instead of the target database, you can configure it like this:
For example, to save test results in a specific database, you can configure it like this:

<File name='dbt_project.yml'>

```yml
tests:
- my_not_null_test:
column_name: order_id
type: not_null
+database: reporting
+store_failures: true
+database: test_results
```

This would result in the generated relation being located in the `reporting` database, so the full relation name would be `reporting.finance.my_not_null_test`.

This would result in the test results being stored in the `test_results` database.
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