To access your data in Snowflake, create a connection asset for it.
Snowflake is a cloud-based data storage and analytics service.
Create a connection to Snowflake
To create the connection asset, you need the following connection details:
- Account name: The full name of your account
- Database name
- Role: The default access control role to use in the Snowflake session
- Warehouse: The virtual warehouse
Credentials
Authentication method:
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Username and password
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Key-Pair: Enter the contents of the private key and the key passphrase (if configured). These properties must be set up by the Snowflake administrator. For information, see Key Pair Authentication & Key Pair Rotation in the Snowflake documentation.
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Okta URL endpoint: If your company uses native Okta SSO authentication, enter the Okta URL endpoint for your Okta account. Example:
https://<okta_account_name>.okta.com. Leave this field blank if you want to use the default authentication of Snowflake. For information about federated authentication provided by Okta, see Native SSO.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
- In a project
- Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
- In a catalog
- Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
- In a deployment space
- Click Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
- In the Platform assets catalog
- Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.
Next step: Add data assets from the connection
Where you can use this connection
You can use Snowflake connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Projects
- Data quality rules (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
- Data Refinery (watsonx.ai Studio or IBM Knowledge Catalog)
- DataStage (DataStage service). For more information, see Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
- Decision Optimization (watsonx.ai Studio and watsonx.ai Runtime)
- Metadata enrichment (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
- Metadata import (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
- SPSS Modeler (watsonx.ai Studio)
Catalogs
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Platform assets catalog
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Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
Data lineage
- Metadata import (lineage) (IBM Knowledge Catalog and IBM Manta Data Lineage)
- Data Virtualization service
- You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization. This connection requires special consideration in Data Virtualization. For more information, see Connecting to Snowflake in Data Virtualization.
Snowflake setup
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Snowflake SQL Command Reference for the correct syntax.
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Parent topic: Supported connections