Snowflake

Visier can retrieve data through this connector if the following requirements are met.

Prerequisites

  • Create an integration user in Snowflake.

Integration user

Create an integration user in your source system and assign it the appropriate security access so that Visier can retrieve your source data through this user.

Access

Description

SELECT or OWNERSHIP access
  1. Create a role with SELECT or OWNERSHIP access to the tables you want Visier to retrieve.
  2. Assign the role to the integration user.

Connector credentials

You need to provide the following credentials to Visier so that we can retrieve data from your source system. To provide your credentials in Visier, see Set Up Data Connectors.

Credential

Description

Example

Account Identifier

The unique identifier of the account to retrieve data from.

XBA47549

Database

The database to retrieve data from.

SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA

Schema

The schema associated with the database.

TPCH_SF1

Username

The integration user’s username.

IntegrationUser

Password

The integration user’s password.

Password1234

Warehouse

The warehouse to use.

SAMPLEWAREHOUSE

Data files

The Snowflake data connector only retrieves data stored in Snowflake for use in Visier.

For other data, you must provide that data through alternative methods such as SFTP or Visier’s other data connectors. For more information about sending data to Visier, see File Upload.

How the connector loads data

Initially, data connectors retrieve a full history for each subject to generate an initial history of events. In each subsequent data retrieval, each connector handles the data load differently.

  • Full load: All data from the source system is loaded into Visier.
  • Delta load: Only changed data is loaded into Visier. A delta load may take either the entire history or a specific number of years of history for each changed record.
  • Snapshot load: All data at a particular point in time. A snapshot load does not contain historical records or show changes over time.
  • Partial load: A subset of data is loaded into Visier.

After the initial load, this connector only retrieves data for changed records.