Managing Snowflake objects¶
The snow object commands provide you with a convenient way of managing most Snowflake objects, such as stages, Snowpark functions, or Streamlit apps. Instead of using separate commands for each type of object, you can use these commands to perform common tasks, including the following:
You can use use snow object commands for the following object types:
compute-pool
database
function
image-repository
integration
network-rule
procedure
role
schema
secret
service
stage
stream
streamlit
table
task
user
view
warehouse
To see a list of supported types use the --help option for any of the snow object commands, such as the following:
snow object list --help
Usage: snow object list [OPTIONS] OBJECT_TYPE
Lists all available Snowflake objects of given type.
Supported types: compute-pool, database, function, image-repository, integration, network-rule,
procedure, role, schema, secret, service, stage, stream, streamlit, table, task,
user, view, warehouse
...
The object subcommands let you perform common operations, while leaving service-specific commands groups dedicated to service-specific operations.
List all objects of a specific type¶
The snow object list command lists all objects of given type available with your permissions.
snow object list TYPE
where TYPE is the type of the object. Use snow object list --help for the full list of supported types.
To list all role objects, enter the following command:
snow object list role
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| | | | | is_inherit | assigned_t | granted_to | granted_ro | | |
| created_on | name | is_default | is_current | ed | o_users | _roles | les | owner | comment |
|------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------|
| 2023-07-24 | ACCOUNTADM | N | N | N | 2 | 0 | 2 | | Account |
| 06:05:49-0 | IN | | | | | | | | administr |
| 7:00 | | | | | | | | | ator can |
| | | | | | | | | | manage |
| | | | | | | | | | all |
| | | | | | | | | | aspects |
| | | | | | | | | | of the |
| | | | | | | | | | account. |
| 2023-07-24 | PUBLIC | N | N | Y | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Public |
| 06:05:48.9 | | | | | | | | | role is |
| 56000-07:0 | | | | | | | | | automatic |
| 0 | | | | | | | | | ally |
| | | | | | | | | | available |
| | | | | | | | | | to every |
| | | | | | | | | | user in |
| | | | | | | | | | the |
| | | | | | | | | | account. |
| 2023-07-24 | SYSADMIN | N | N | N | 0 | 1 | 0 | | System |
| 06:05:49.0 | | | | | | | | | administr |
| 33000-07:0 | | | | | | | | | ator can |
| 0 | | | | | | | | | create |
| | | | | | | | | | and |
| | | | | | | | | | manage |
| | | | | | | | | | databases |
| | | | | | | | | | and |
| | | | | | | | | | warehouse |
| | | | | | | | | | s. |
| 2023-07-24 | USERADMIN | N | N | N | 0 | 1 | 0 | | User |
| 06:05:49.0 | | | | | | | | | administr |
| 45000-07:0 | | | | | | | | | ator can |
| 0 | | | | | | | | | create |
| | | | | | | | | | and |
| | | | | | | | | | manage |
| | | | | | | | | | users and |
| | | | | | | | | | roles |
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You can also use the --like [-l] <pattern> to filter objects by name using a SQL LIKE pattern. For example, list function --like "my%" lists all functions that begin with my. For more information about SQL patterns syntax, see SQL LIKE Keyword.
To list only role objects that begin with the string, public, enter the following command:
snow object list role --like public%
show roles like 'public%'
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| created_on | name | is_default | is_current | ...
|----------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+----
| 2023-02-01 15:25:04.105000-08:00 | PUBLIC | N | N | ...
| 2024-01-15 12:55:05.840000-08:00 | PUBLIC_TEST | N | N | ...
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Display the description for an object of a specified type¶
The snow object describe command provides a description of an object of given type.
snow object describe TYPE IDENTIFIER
where:
TYPEis the type of the object. Usesnow object describe --helpfor the full list of supported types.IDENTIFIERis the name of the object. For procedures and functions, the identifier must specify arguments types, such as"hello(int,string)".
To describe a function object, enter a command similar to the following:
snow object describe function "hello_function(string)"
describe function hello_function(string)
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| property | value
|--------------------+------------------------------------------------
| signature | (NAME VARCHAR)
| returns | VARCHAR(16777216)
| language | PYTHON
| null handling | CALLED ON NULL INPUT
| volatility | VOLATILE
| body | None
| imports |
| handler | functions.hello_function
| runtime_version | 3.8
| packages | ['snowflake-snowpark-python']
| installed_packages | ['_libgcc_mutex==0.1','_openmp_mutex==5.1',...
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
Delete an object of a specified type¶
The snow object drop command deletes a Snowflake object of given name and type.
snow object drop TYPE IDENTIFIER
where:
TYPEis the type of the object. Usesnow object drop --helpfor the full list of supported types.IDENTIFIERis the name of the object. For procedures and functions, the identifier must specify arguments types, such as"hello(int,string)".
To drop a procedure, enter a commands similar to the following:
snow object drop procedure "test_procedure()"
drop procedure test_procedure()
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| status |
|--------------------------------------|
| TEST_PROCEDURE successfully dropped. |
+--------------------------------------+