An important step towards ensuring the security of your Snowflake account(s) is the appropriate use of network rules and policies to prevent unauthorised access. These policies are leveraged to ensure that access is only allowed through restricted methods and to/from exclusive sources. Without this protection, you...
File formats are database objects used by snowflake to ingest flat files. Consider file formats as your way of giving snowflake information about the file so it knows how to ingest those flat files in an optimal fashion. You specify the type of file along...
As many are already aware, there has recently been a lot of noise about security on the Snowflake platform. On June 2nd, 2024, Snowflake issued this statement regarding a targeted threat campaign against some Snowflake customer accounts. This appeared to be a targeted campaign directed...
As many are already aware, recently there has been a lot of noise about security on the Snowflake platform. On June 2, 2024 Snowflake issued this statement regarding a targeted threat campaign against some Snowflake customer accounts. This appeared to be a targeted campaign directed at users...
Network policies don’t exactly sound like a fun subject. Indeed, the phrase conjures an image of a big committee, a gavel being banged repeatedly and some very stern looking folks saying “No” a lot. Instead, I want to show that this function of Snowflake is...
Key pair authentication is a method of authenticating with a system using a pair of keys that meet specific security requirements. The pair consists of a private key that is leveraged by the system trying to authenticate and a related public key that the authenticator...
Welcome back to our mini-series on Snowflake External Functions with AWS Lambda. Before we proceed, please read the previous post on how to set up these functions and how Snowflake interacts with AWS Lambda. API Knowledge Disclaimer If you are unfamiliar with APIs and how they work,...
Recently, Snowflake implemented a new feature that allows its standard functionality to be extended through the use of external functions. Among several other capabilities is the ability to create AWS Lambda functions and call them within Snowflake. This has unlocked a whole new realm of...
One of Snowflake's key selling points is automated clustering. However, it's not immediately clear what this actually means. It's easy to make the assumption that you will never need to think about how your data is clustered, and this is generally the case for tables...
One of the fantastic features in Snowflake is the support of zero-copy cloning. This is the capability to duplicate an object while neither creating a physical copy nor adding any additional storage costs. This allows for much greater freedom in the environment as costs are...
The more you use the Snowflake user interface (UI) for query building, the more layers, panels and tricks you discover it has. I’ve come to take the different screens and shortcuts for granted, but whenever I sit with a new client, I run through these...
Earlier in this series we have discussed how to load data into Snowflake using several different methods: Snowflake's user interface, the SnowSQL command line tool and Python. These three methods all perform the same task of loading data into Snowflake; however, they increase in complexity and...
If there has been a lot of hype around how Tableau and Snowflake work so well together, it’s simply because they do! Tableau is a modern BI platform that enables powerful, self-service analytics in a continuously visual process to uncover rapid business insights. Snowflake is...
One question we often get when a customer is considering moving to Snowflake from another platform, like Microsoft SQL Server for instance, is what they can do about migrating their SQL stored procedures to Snowflake. If you’ve read Snowflake’s documentation on the subject, you’ll know that Snowflake’s stored...
One of the first things you’ll do when setting up your Snowflake environment is to establish your virtual warehouses. What this boils down to, essentially, is how much compute you want to use and how segregated that compute will be. What Is a Virtual Warehouse? Warehouses are...
In the entire history of the world, sharing information has never been easier. This becomes obvious just by looking at social media platforms. Their technological innovations have enabled billions of users worldwide to share Instagram stories, TikTok videos, World War 3 memes, baby/yoga/kitten videos and...
Data can be stored in many different formats. In the previous post in this series, we discussed semi-structured file formats, focusing on a particular approach called JSON, which is formed of arrays, objects and key value pairs. This is one of many semi-structured data formats...
Snowflake is a versatile powerhouse of cloud-based data storage. As in previous posts, I want to start this blog by reviewing the types of structured and semi-structured data that Snowflake can support: *Note: The XML preview feature link can be accessed here As always, an updated list of...
Data can be stored in many different formats. Before we can import any data into Snowflake, it must first be stored in a supported format that Snowflake can interpret. At time of writing, the full list of supported is contained in the table below: *Note: The...
Various people come by our house, whether it be someone delivering mail, an Amazon Prime package or from the utilities. However, there are times when people try to come by who are not wanted. It is our responsibility to ensure that we do not give...
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