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    • SQL data types reference
    • SQL command reference
    • Function and stored procedure reference
        1. Summary of functions
          • All functions (alphabetical)
            • Aggregate
            • AISQL
              1. Scalar functions
                1. AI_CLASSIFY
                  • AI_COMPLETE
                  • AI_COUNT_TOKENS
                    • AI_EMBED
                      • AI_EXTRACT
                        • AI_FILTER
                          • AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT
                            • AI_REDACT
                              • AI_SENTIMENT
                                • AI_SIMILARITY
                                  • AI_TRANSCRIBE
                                    • AI_TRANSLATE
                                      • CLASSIFY_TEXT (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                        • COMPLETE (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                          • COMPLETE multimodal (images) (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                            • EMBED_TEXT_768 (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                              • EMBED_TEXT_1024 (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                • ENTITY_SENTIMENT (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                  • EXTRACT_ANSWER (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                    • FINETUNE (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                    • PARSE_DOCUMENT (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                      • SENTIMENT (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                        • SUMMARIZE (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                          • TRANSLATE (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                          • Aggregate functions
                                                            1. AI_AGG
                                                              • AI_SUMMARIZE_AGG
                                                              • Helper functions
                                                                1. COUNT_TOKENS (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                                  • SEARCH_PREVIEW (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                                    • SPLIT_TEXT_MARKDOWN_HEADER (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                                      • SPLIT_TEXT_RECURSIVE_CHARACTER (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                                        • TRY_COMPLETE (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)
                                                                      • Bitwise expression
                                                                      • Conditional expression
                                                                      • Context
                                                                      • Conversion
                                                                      • Data generation
                                                                      • Data metric
                                                                      • Date & time
                                                                      • Differential privacy
                                                                      • Encryption
                                                                      • File
                                                                      • Geospatial
                                                                      • Hash
                                                                      • Metadata
                                                                      • ML Model Monitors
                                                                      • Notification
                                                                      • Numeric
                                                                      • Organization users and organization user groups
                                                                      • Regular expressions
                                                                      • Semi-structured and structured data
                                                                      • Snowpark Container Services
                                                                      • String & binary
                                                                      • System
                                                                      • Table
                                                                      • Vector
                                                                      • Window
                                                                      • Stored procedures
                                                                          1. Cortex Powered Object Descriptions
                                                                          2. AI_GENERATE_TABLE_DESC
                                                                            • Data classification
                                                                            • ASSOCIATE_SEMANTIC_CATEGORY_TAGS
                                                                              • SYSTEM$CLASSIFY
                                                                                • SYSTEM$CLASSIFY_SCHEMA
                                                                                  • SYSTEM$CANCEL_CLASSIFY_SCHEMA
                                                                                    • Data sharing and collaboration
                                                                                    • SYSTEM$REQUEST_LISTING_AND_WAIT
                                                                                      • Default event table
                                                                                      • ADD_ROW_ACCESS_POLICY_ON_EVENTS_VIEW
                                                                                        • DROP_ROW_ACCESS_POLICY_ON_EVENTS_VIEW
                                                                                          • Differential privacy
                                                                                          • RESET_PRIVACY_BUDGET
                                                                                            • Notifications
                                                                                            • SYSTEM$SEND_SNOWFLAKE_NOTIFICATION
                                                                                              • SYSTEM$SEND_EMAIL
                                                                                                • Semantic views
                                                                                                • SYSTEM$CREATE_SEMANTIC_VIEW_FROM_YAML
                                                                                                  • Synthetic data
                                                                                                  • GENERATE_SYNTHETIC_DATA
                                                                                                    • Trust Center
                                                                                                    • DEREGISTER_EXTENSION
                                                                                                      • REGISTER_EXTENSION
                                                                                                • Class reference
                                                                                                • Scripting reference
                                                                                                • General reference
                                                                                                • API reference
                                                                                                  ReferenceFunction and stored procedure referenceStored procedures

                                                                                                  Stored procedures¶

                                                                                                  Snowflake provides stored procedures to facilitate using certain Snowflake features. To find the stored procedures that are associated with a particular Snowflake Class, see SQL class reference.

                                                                                                  Use CALL to call a stored procedure. For example:

                                                                                                  CALL SYSTEM$CLASSIFY('hr.tables.empl_info', null);
                                                                                                  
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                                                                                                  Snowflake supports the following stored procedures, grouped by feature:

                                                                                                  Feature

                                                                                                  Stored procedure

                                                                                                  Cortex Powered Object Descriptions

                                                                                                  • AI_GENERATE_TABLE_DESC

                                                                                                  Data classification

                                                                                                  • ASSOCIATE_SEMANTIC_CATEGORY_TAGS

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$CLASSIFY

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$CLASSIFY_SCHEMA

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$CANCEL_CLASSIFY_SCHEMA

                                                                                                  Data sharing and collaboration

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$REQUEST_LISTING_AND_WAIT

                                                                                                  Default event table

                                                                                                  • ADD_ROW_ACCESS_POLICY_ON_EVENTS_VIEW

                                                                                                  • DROP_ROW_ACCESS_POLICY_ON_EVENTS_VIEW

                                                                                                  Differential privacy

                                                                                                  • RESET_PRIVACY_BUDGET

                                                                                                  Notifications

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$SEND_SNOWFLAKE_NOTIFICATION

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$SEND_EMAIL

                                                                                                  Semantic views

                                                                                                  • SYSTEM$CREATE_SEMANTIC_VIEW_FROM_YAML

                                                                                                  Synthetic data

                                                                                                  • GENERATE_SYNTHETIC_DATA

                                                                                                  Trust Center

                                                                                                  • REGISTER_EXTENSION

                                                                                                  • DEREGISTER_EXTENSION

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