Snowflake Documentation

Streamline your Snowflake journey with comprehensive documentation and learning resources

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Connecting to Snowflake

Learn about the applications and tools that you can use to access Snowflake

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Working with Virtual Warehouses

Learn how to create and manage warehouses, which are used to process queries

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Databases, Tables and Views

Learn how to create and manage databases, tables, and views for storing and accessing your data

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Load Data into Snowflake

Learn about the different options for getting data into Snowflake and setting up a pipeline to transform your data

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Getting Started

Basic information and instructions for first-time users of Snowflake.
Getting a Trial Account
Snowflake in 20 Minutes
Key Concepts and Architecture
Connecting to Snowflake
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User Guides

Instructions on performing various Snowflake operations.
Understanding & Using Time Travel
Working with Temporary and Transient Tables
Working with Materialized Views
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Developer Guides

Write applications that extend Snowflake, act as a client, or act as an integrating component.
Snowflake Native App Framework
Snowpark API
User-defined Functions (UDFs) and Stored Procedures
Drivers
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Reference

Reference for SQL data types, SQL commands, SQL functions, SQL classes, scripting, views, and other areas
SQL Data Types
SQL Commands
SQL Functions
SQL Classes
Snowflake Scripting
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Tutorials

Tutorials to help you learn the basics of using Snowflake
Snowflake in 20 Minutes
Bulk Loading from a Local File System
Bulk Loading from Amazon S3 Using COPY
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Releases

Overview of the new features, enhancements, and important fixes introduced in the most recent releases of Snowflake.
New features
Behavior change log
Snowflake connector, driver, and library monthly releases
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Whats New

New features, enhancements, and important behavior changes introduced in the most recent Snowflake releases.

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Recent Release Highlights

preview

On January 15th, 2025

Custom instructions in Cortex Analyst

Snowflake is pleased to announce the preview of custom instructions in Cortex Analyst. Custom instructions provide greater control over SQL generation. Using natural language, tell Cortex Analyst exactly how to generate SQL queries from within your semantic model.

generally available

On December 19th, 2024

Snowsight Homepage

We are pleased to announce the general availability of the Snowsight homepage with new navigation, updated search and quick actions.

generally available

On January 23rd, 2025

Document AI on GCP

generally available

On January 15th, 2025

Optimized COPY and INSERT bulk loads on empty hybrid tables

generally available

On January 6th, 2025

Snowflake Notebooks warehouse runtime on AWS PrivateLink and Azure Private Link

generally available

On November 14th, 2024

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Announcements

Stay informed and discover the latest updates, improvements, and enhancements

Behavior Changes

Behavior changes that may impact your usage

Performance Improvements

All features that can improve performance and make queries run faster

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