diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3317be1..35b411a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ strimzi-connector-restart: wait
 		| xargs -I{} make --no-print-directory kubectl exec svc/$(DATAPLANE_CHART)-connect-api -- -it -n $(DATAPLANE_NS) -- \
 		curl -s -XPOST http://localhost:8083/connectors/\{\}/tasks/0/restart 2>/dev/null
 
+template:
+	helm template $(PWD)/charts/dataplane --values values.minimal.yml --namespace $(DATAPLANE_NS) --debug
+
 dataplane:
 	@:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1be1337..cbfbdf2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # nephelaiio.dataplane
 
-A helm chart to deploy a CDC replication stack integrating the following components
+A helm chart to deploy a set of CDC replication connectors to create a data lake from a set of distributed databases
+
+Deployment integrates the following components
+* Metabase Data Reporting
 * Strimzi Kafka Broker
 * Zalando PostgreSQL Data Warehouse
-* Metabase Data Reporting
 * Strimzi Kafka Connect cluster
 * Strimzi Kafka Schema Registry
 * Strimzi Kafka Connect PostgreSQL sink
@@ -17,13 +19,47 @@ helm repo update
 helm install dataplane/dataplane
 ```
 
-## TODO
+## Values
+
+This is an example values definition for replicating pagila db:
+
+```
+metabase:
+  admin:
+      email: metabase@nephelai.io
+      password: dataplane
+  ingress:
+      enabled: true
+      className: nginx-private
+      hostName: metabase.nephelai.io
+cdc:
+  postgres:
+    - hostname: pagilahost
+      port: 5432
+      id: pagila
+      dbname: pagila
+      signaling: True
+strimzi:
+  connect:
+    secret: "metabase-pagila-db"
+  kafka:
+    storage:
+      class: standard
+  zookeeper:
+    storage:
+      class: standard
+zalando:
+  metabase:
+    class: standard
+```
+
+## Roadmap
 In order of priority
-* Add support for partitioned PostgreSQL tables
+* Create python package for maintenance operations
+* Create and publish Topic Reroute transform
 * Add support for MySQL sources
-* Add config options for warehouse backups
 * Add monitoring for Kafka topics
-* Add table exclude support for cdc connectors
+* Add Opendistro deployment
 
 ## Dependencies
 Chart depends on the following cluster levels components being deployed in the target cluster
@@ -36,7 +72,7 @@ Chart depends on the following cluster levels components being deployed in the t
 Cluster dependencies are provisioned with role [nephelaiio.k8s](https://github.com/nephelaiio/ansible-role-k8s) in testing environment
 
 ## Testing
-Testing is performed using molecule against a local single-node kind cluster using Github Actions and can be replicated locally for the latest supported cluster version using the following commands:
+Testing is performed using molecule against a local cluster using Github Actions and can be replicated locally for the latest supported cluster version using the following commands:
 
 ``` sh
 ./bin/test
diff --git a/bin/test b/bin/test
index bea9cf6..e2d703f 100755
--- a/bin/test
+++ b/bin/test
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ function debug {
 
 trap debug EXIT
 
-make molecule destroy && \
-    make molecule create && \
-    make images && \
-    make molecule converge && \
-    make wait && \
-    make molecule verify && \
-    make molecule side-effect && \
-    make molecule verify && \
+make template &&
+    make molecule destroy &&
+    make molecule create &&
+    make images &&
+    make molecule converge &&
+    make wait &&
+    make molecule verify &&
+    make molecule side-effect &&
+    make molecule verify &&
     trap - EXIT
diff --git a/charts/dataplane/Chart.yaml b/charts/dataplane/Chart.yaml
index 6393091..8a807a5 100644
--- a/charts/dataplane/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/dataplane/Chart.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.12
+version: 0.1.13
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: 0.1.12
+appVersion: 0.1.13
diff --git a/charts/dataplane/templates/strimzi/connector.yaml b/charts/dataplane/templates/strimzi/connector.yaml
index 113666e..56df41f 100644
--- a/charts/dataplane/templates/strimzi/connector.yaml
+++ b/charts/dataplane/templates/strimzi/connector.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
-{{- $fullName := include "dataplane.strimzi.connect.fullname" . -}}
-{{- $registryName := include "dataplane.registry.fullname" . -}}
-{{- $registryPort := .Values.registry.service.port -}}
+{{- $fullName := include "dataplane.strimzi.connect.fullname" . }}
+{{- $registryName := include "dataplane.registry.fullname" . }}
+{{- $registryPort := .Values.registry.service.port }}
 
 {{- range $db := .Values.cdc.postgres }}
-{{- $dbConnectorName := lower (printf "%s-%s-%s" $fullName $db.servername $db.dbname) }}
-{{- $dbSlotName := $dbConnectorName | replace "-" "_" }}
+{{-   $dbId := required "database id is required" $db.id }}
+{{-   $dbConnectorName := lower (printf "%s-%s-%s" $fullName $dbId $db.dbname) }}
+{{-   $dbSlotName := $dbConnectorName | replace "-" "_" }}
+{{-   $exclude := list }}
+
+{{-   if hasKey $db "exclude" }}
+{{-     if ge (len $db.exclude) 1 }}
+{{-       range $item := $db.exclude }}
+{{-         $exclude = append $exclude $item }}
+{{-       end }}
+{{-     end }}
+{{-   end }}
+
+{{-   if hasKey $db "partitions" }}
+{{-     if ge (len $db.partitions) 1 }}
+{{-       range $item := $db.partitions }}
+{{-         $exclude = append $exclude $item.source }}
+{{-       end }}
+{{-     end }}
+{{-   end }}
+
 ---
 apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
 kind: KafkaConnector
@@ -20,14 +39,14 @@ spec:
     database.port: "{{ $db.port | default 5432 }}"
     database.user: "${env:POSTGRES_CDC_USER}"
     database.password: "${env:POSTGRES_CDC_PASS}"
-    database.server.name: "{{ $db.servername }}"
+    database.server.name: "{{ $dbId }}"
     database.dbname: "{{ $db.dbname }}"
     snapshot.new.tables: parallel
     slot.name: "{{ $dbSlotName }}"
     plugin.name: pgoutput
     tasks.max: "1"
-    {{- if and (hasKey $db "partitions") (ge (len $db.partitions) 1) }}
-    table.exclude.list: "{{- range $i, $p := $db.partitions -}}{{- if $i }},{{- end -}}{{ $p.source }}{{- end }}"
+    {{- if ge (len $exclude) 1 }}
+    table.exclude.list: "{{- range $i, $p := $exclude -}}{{- if $i }},{{- end -}}{{ $p }}{{- end }}"
     {{- end }}
     key.converter: io.confluent.connect.avro.AvroConverter
     key.converter.schema.registry.url: http://{{ $registryName }}:{{ $registryPort }}
@@ -41,12 +60,13 @@ spec:
     transforms.reroute.topic.regex: (.*)
     transforms.reroute.topic.replacement: cdc.$1
 
-{{- if and (hasKey $db "partitions") (ge (len $db.partitions) 1) }}
-{{- range $partition := $db.partitions }}
-{{- $partitionSource := required "partition source is required" $partition.source }}
-{{- $partitionSink := required "partition sink is required" $partition.sink }}
-{{- $partitionConnectorName := lower (printf "%s-%s" $dbConnectorName $partitionSink) | replace "." "-" }}
-{{- $partitionSlotName := $partitionConnectorName | replace "-" "_" }}
+{{-   if (hasKey $db "partitions") }}
+{{-     if ge (len $db.partitions) 1 }}
+{{-       range $partition := $db.partitions }}
+{{-         $partitionSource := required "partition source is required" $partition.source }}
+{{-         $partitionSink := required "partition sink is required" $partition.sink }}
+{{-         $partitionConnectorName := lower (printf "%s-%s" $dbConnectorName $partitionSink) | replace "." "-" }}
+{{-         $partitionSlotName := $partitionConnectorName | replace "-" "_" }}
 ---
 apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
 kind: KafkaConnector
@@ -62,7 +82,7 @@ spec:
     database.port: "{{ $db.port | default 5432 }}"
     database.user: "${env:POSTGRES_CDC_USER}"
     database.password: "${env:POSTGRES_CDC_PASS}"
-    database.server.name: "{{ $db.servername }}"
+    database.server.name: "{{ $dbId }}"
     database.dbname: "{{ $db.dbname }}"
     snapshot.new.tables: parallel
     slot.name: {{ $partitionSlotName }}
@@ -80,8 +100,9 @@ spec:
     transforms.reroute.type: io.debezium.transforms.ByLogicalTableRouter
     transforms.reroute.topic.regex: "^([^\\.]+)\\.([^\\.]+)\\..*"
     transforms.reroute.topic.replacement: "cdc.$1.$2.{{ $partitionSink }}"
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
+{{-       end }}
+{{-     end }}
+{{-   end }}
 {{- end }}
 
 ---
diff --git a/charts/dataplane/values.yaml b/charts/dataplane/values.yaml
index c146f08..e327b45 100644
--- a/charts/dataplane/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/dataplane/values.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ util:
   image:
     repository: nephelaiio/dataplane-util
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    tag: dataplane-0.1.12
+    tag: dataplane-0.1.13
   resources: {}
 
 cdc:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cdc:
   #  postgres:
   #    - hostname: "network.hostname"
   #      port: 5432
-  #      servername: "host.identifier"
+  #      id: "dbId"
   #      dbname: "sourcedb"
   #      signaling: "signaling_table"
   #      partitions:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ strimzi:
   connect:
     image:
       repository: nephelaiio/dataplane-connect
-      tag: dataplane-0.1.12
+      tag: dataplane-0.1.13
     replicas: 1
     config:
       group.id: connect-cluster
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ metabase:
     image:
       repository: nephelaiio/dataplane-util
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-      tag: dataplane-0.1.12
+      tag: dataplane-0.1.13
     securityContext: {}
 
   image:
diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index e524135..54054de 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ provisioner:
               postgres:
                 - hostname: "{{ dataplane_pagila_team }}-{{ dataplane_pagila_db }}"
                   port: 5432
-                  servername: pagila
+                  id: pagila
                   dbname: "{{ dataplane_pagila_db }}"
                   signaling: "{{ dataplane_pagila_signaling }}"
+                  exclude:
+                    - "public.staff"
                   partitions:
                     - source: "public.payment.*"
                       sink: "payment"
diff --git a/molecule/default/verify.yml b/molecule/default/verify.yml
index 77a61f5..2496481 100644
--- a/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         - name: record source table data
           ansible.builtin.set_fact:
             pagila_all_tables: "{{ _table_names | list }}"
-            pagila_target_tables: "{{ _table_names | reject('regex', '^payment_.*') }}"
+            pagila_target_tables: "{{ _table_names | reject('regex', '^payment_.*') | reject('regex', '^staff') }}"
           vars:
             _table_names: "{{ pagila_table_query.query_result | map(attribute='table_name') }}"
 
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@
               register: warehouse_table_query
               retries: 20
               delay: 30
-              until: warehouse_tables_expected | difference(warehouse_tables_found) | length == 0
+              until:
+                - warehouse_tables_expected | difference(warehouse_tables_found) | length == 0
+                - warehouse_tables_found | difference(warehouse_tables_expected) | length == 0
 
           rescue:
             - name: debug table mismatches
@@ -132,7 +134,9 @@
               vars:
                 warehouse_tables_expected: "{{ pagila_target_tables| map('map_format', 'pagila_%s') | list }}"
                 warehouse_tables_found: "{{ warehouse_table_query.query_result | map(attribute='table_name') | list }}"
-                warehouse_tables_diff: "{{ warehouse_tables_expected | difference(warehouse_tables_found) }}"
+                warehouse_tables_diff_expected: "{{ warehouse_tables_expected | difference(warehouse_tables_found) }}"
+                warehouse_tables_diff_found: "{{ warehouse_tables_found | difference(warehouse_tables_expected) }}"
+                warehouse_tables_diff: "{{ warehouse_tables_diff_expected + warehouse_tables_diff_found }}"
 
             - name: fail verification
               ansible.builtin.fail:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13a6b1c..d7c2166 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dataplane"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Teodoro Cook <teodoro.cook@gmail.com>"]
 
diff --git a/values.minimal.yml b/values.minimal.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0025a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/values.minimal.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+metabase:
+  admin:
+      email: metabase@nephelai.io
+      password: dataplane
+  ingress:
+      enabled: true
+      className: nginx-private
+      hostName: metabase.nephelai.io
+cdc:
+  postgres:
+    - hostname: pagilahost
+      id: pagila
+      dbname: pagila
+      exclude:
+        - "public.staff"
+      partitions:
+        - source: "public.payment.*"
+          sink: "payment"
+strimzi:
+  connect:
+    secret: "metabase-pagila-db"
+  kafka:
+    storage:
+      class: standard
+  zookeeper:
+    storage:
+      class: standard
+zalando:
+  metabase:
+    class: standard