snow dcm commands¶

Snowflake CLI supports the following commands for managing Snowflake DCM project objects:

• snow dcm create
• snow dcm deploy
• snow dcm describe
• snow dcm drop
• snow dcm drop-deployment
• snow dcm list
• snow dcm list-deployments
• snow dcm plan
• snow dcm preview
• snow dcm purge
• snow dcm test

Project configuration (manifest.yml)¶

DCM projects use a manifest.yml file to define project configuration. For more details, see DCM Projects files and templates.

Project identifier resolution¶

Most DCM commands accept an optional project identifier argument and a --target option. The project name is resolved as follows:

1. If a project identifier is provided as an argument, it is used directly.
2. If --target is specified, the project_name from that target in manifest.yml is used.
3. If neither is provided, the default_target from manifest.yml is used.

The selected target continues to supply its templating configuration when you pass an explicit project identifier. The CLI still resolves the manifest and source files.

Targets don’t select the authenticated connection, account, or active role. Use global connection options such as --connection and --role separately. The CLI warns when the connected account doesn’t match the target’s account_identifier or, during project creation, when the current role doesn’t match project_owner; it doesn’t switch the account or assume the owner role.

Examples:

# Use default_target from manifest.yml
snow dcm deploy

# Use target from manifest.yml
snow dcm deploy --target DEV

# Explicit project name with fully qualified identifier
snow dcm deploy MY_DB.MY_SCHEMA.MY_PROJECT

The --from option specifies the directory containing the manifest.yml and project source files. If omitted, the current directory is used.