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mirnawong1 committed Oct 24, 2024
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Whether to fix erroneous source data or retroactively apply a change in business logic, you may need to reprocess a large amount of historical data.

Backfilling a microbatch model is as simple as selecting it to run or build, and specifying a "start" and "end" for `event_time`. As always, dbt will process the batches between the start and end as independent queries.
Backfilling a microbatch model is as simple as selecting it to run or build, and specifying a "start" and "end" for `event_time`. Note that `--event-time-start` and --event-time-end are mutually necessary, meaning that if you specify one, you must specify the other.

As always, dbt will process the batches between the start and end as independent queries.

```bash
dbt run --event-time-start "2024-09-01" --event-time-end "2024-09-04"
```


<Lightbox src="/img/docs/building-a-dbt-project/microbatch/microbatch_backfill.png" title="Configure a lookback to reprocess additional batches during standard incremental runs"/>

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