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Getting the most out of Elementary: best practices
Teams that succeed with [Elementary](https://saaskart.co/software/elementary-data) treat it as an ongoing program, not a one-time setup. Start with clear goals and the workflows that matter most, and instrument reporting from day one. Use Elementary's dbt-native tests deliberately rather than enabling everything at once. Assign clear ownership so the system stays current, and review performance on a regular cadence, acting on what you learn. Keep data clean and integrations healthy. Applied this way, Elementary becomes a dependable backbone for dbt-native data observability rather than another tool that quietly falls out of use, delivering compounding value for analytics engineers over time.
