Requirements for Snowflake

You can connect to Snowflake with the required information.

Required Information for Snowflake Connection

When adding a connection, you are prompted for specific information for the connection type. Gather the following information before adding the connection.

Required Information

  • Account number
    Note: The full account identifier must be specified which is usually part of your Snowflake URL: <account_number>.snowflakecomputing.com or xx00000.us-central1.gcp
    See Snowflake documentation on Account Identifiers for more information.
  • Warehouse name
  • Database name
  • User and Password

Important Known Issues for Snowflake Connections:

  • Do not use the DEFAULT warehouse for Snowflake Source connections.
  • The password for the Snowflake user cannot contain special characters.