[ERROR UX] [SPAN] invalid generic tests should point to offending YAML span not compiled SQL span
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Description
with generic tests, end users only author in YAML. both the macros that template and the resulting SQL are not where the user needs to correct the location.
Ideally a generic test failing to compile should point to the offending YAML definition.
This is not the case for bespoke tests
from @pempey in https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-fusion/discussions/584#discussioncomment-14387615
> When the compile of a test fails, for example because of a missing column, I would like the error to direct me to the yaml where the test is defined in yaml and not the referents test macro in the `target\generic_tests` directory as the rendered test is not something I can change to fix the problem.
>
> ```
> error: dbt0227: No column CUSTOMER_ID found. Available are PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.CLOUD_ACTIVATION_ID, PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.SUBSCRIPTION_NAME, PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID, PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.CLOUD_ACTIVATION_CODE, PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.CLOUD_ACTIVATION_CREATED_AT, PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.CLOUD_ACTIVATION_UPDATED_AT, PREP.CUSTOMERS.CUSTOMERS_DB_CLOUD_ACTIVATIONS_SOURCE.SEAT_UTILIZATION_REMINDER_SENT_AT ..(and 1 more)
> --> target/generic_tests/not_null_customers_db_cloud_activations_source_customer_id.sql:7:8 (target/compiled/generic_tests/not_null_customers_db_cloud_activations_source_customer_id.sql:7:8)
> ```
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