Introduction to Declarative Sharing in the Native Application Framework¶

Declarative Sharing in the Snowflake Native App Framework enables providers to share not just data, but code objects: workspaces containing notebooks, stored procedures, and user-defined functions, alongside tables and views as a single data product. Providers define all shared objects in a YAML manifest file, and the framework handles privilege management, object resolution, and versioning automatically, with no setup script required. This topic provides a high-level overview of the steps required to get started as a provider.

Become a Snowflake listing provider¶

Becoming a provider allows you to create and manage listings to share your app with consumers.

For more information, see Become a provider.

Create your data content¶

Providers create data and objects to share with consumers. This can include the following:

• Tables, including:

  • Dynamic tables
  • Apache Iceberg tables

• Views, including:

  • Semantic views

• Workspaces, which can include Snowflake Notebooks in Workspaces

• Notebooks (deprecated)

• Stored procedures

• User-defined functions

Access control requirements¶

The provider account should have the necessary privileges to create and manage Snowflake objects such as databases, schemas, tables, and virtual warehouses.

This includes:

• Databases and schemas: Requires USAGE privileges
• Tables and views: Requires SELECT privileges