Schemas:

ACCOUNT_USAGE

SEMANTIC_RELATIONSHIPS view¶

This ACCOUNT_USAGE view displays a row for each relationship defined in a semantic view.

See also:

SEMANTIC_RELATIONSHIPS view (Information Schema)

Columns¶

Column name

Data type

Description

semantic_relationship_id

NUMBER

Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the relationship in the semantic view.

semantic_relationship_name

VARCHAR

Name of the relationship in the semantic view.

semantic_view_id

NUMBER

Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the semantic view in which the relationship is defined.

semantic_view_name

VARCHAR

Name of the semantic view in which the relationship is defined.

semantic_view_schema_id

NUMBER

Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the schema that the semantic view belongs to.

semantic_view_schema_name

VARCHAR

Schema that the semantic view belongs to.

semantic_view_database_id

NUMBER

Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the database that the semantic view belongs to.

semantic_view_database_name

VARCHAR

Database that the semantic view belongs to.

semantic_table_id

NUMBER

Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the logical table being referenced.

semantic_table_name

VARCHAR

Name of the logical table being referenced.

ref_semantic_table_id

NUMBER

Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the logical table referencing the other table.

ref_semantic_table_name

VARCHAR

Name of the logical table referencing the other table.

foreign_keys

ARRAY(VARCHAR)

List of the names of the columns referring to the columns of the other table.

ref_keys

ARRAY(VARCHAR)

List of the names of the columns being referenced.

created

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Creation time of the relationship.

last_altered

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. See Usage Notes.

deleted

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Date and time when the relationship was dropped.

Usage notes¶

  • Latency for the view can be up to 120 minutes (2 hours).

  • The LAST_ALTERED column is updated when the following operations are performed on an object:

    • DDL operations.

    • DML operations (for tables only). This column is updated even when no rows are affected by the DML statement.

    • Background maintenance operations on metadata performed by Snowflake.

Examples¶

Retrieve the list of all relationships for the semantic view O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW in the database MY_DB:

SELECT * FROM SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE.SEMANTIC_RELATIONSHIPS
  WHERE semantic_view_name = 'O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW'
    AND semantic_view_database_name = 'MY_DB';
Copy
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| SEMANTIC_RELATIONSHIP_ID | SEMANTIC_RELATIONSHIP_NAME                            | SEMANTIC_VIEW_ID | SEMANTIC_VIEW_NAME   | SEMANTIC_VIEW_SCHEMA_ID | SEMANTIC_VIEW_SCHEMA_NAME | SEMANTIC_VIEW_DATABASE_ID | SEMANTIC_VIEW_DATABASE_NAME | SEMANTIC_TABLE_ID | SEMANTIC_TABLE_NAME | FOREIGN_KEYS    | REF_SEMANTIC_TABLE_ID | REF_SEMANTIC_TABLE_NAME | REF_KEYS        | CREATED                       | LAST_ALTERED                  | DELETED |
|--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------|
|                       99 | SYS_RELATIONSHIP_67ae9bb4-652a-4985-8dc5-c99fdf7f4276 |               49 | O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW |                      92 | MY_SCHEMA                 |                         7 | MY_DB                       |               100 | ORDERS              | [               |                    99 | CUSTOMER                | [               | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.321 -0800 | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.321 -0800 | NULL    |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     |   "O_CUSTKEY"   |                       |                         |   "C_CUSTKEY"   |                               |                               |         |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     | ]               |                       |                         | ]               |                               |                               |         |
|                      100 | SYS_RELATIONSHIP_906b4d92-582a-4bef-b2c1-9a69e8f61af1 |               49 | O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW |                      92 | MY_SCHEMA                 |                         7 | MY_DB                       |               101 | LINEITEM            | [               |                   100 | ORDERS                  | [               | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.363 -0800 | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.363 -0800 | NULL    |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     |   "L_ORDERKEY"  |                       |                         |   "O_ORDERKEY"  |                               |                               |         |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     | ]               |                       |                         | ]               |                               |                               |         |
|                      101 | SYS_RELATIONSHIP_fadc2c0f-db3a-48e4-b96a-53ea2767a2b0 |               49 | O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW |                      92 | MY_SCHEMA                 |                         7 | MY_DB                       |               102 | SUPPLIER            | [               |                    98 | NATION                  | [               | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.376 -0800 | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.376 -0800 | NULL    |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     |   "S_NATIONKEY" |                       |                         |   "N_NATIONKEY" |                               |                               |         |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     | ]               |                       |                         | ]               |                               |                               |         |
|                       98 | SYS_RELATIONSHIP_8c9ad09e-0ba4-489f-aabb-0503ef80e11b |               49 | O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW |                      92 | MY_SCHEMA                 |                         7 | MY_DB                       |                99 | CUSTOMER            | [               |                    98 | NATION                  | [               | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.309 -0800 | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.309 -0800 | NULL    |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     |   "C_NATIONKEY" |                       |                         |   "N_NATIONKEY" |                               |                               |         |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     | ]               |                       |                         | ]               |                               |                               |         |
|                       97 | SYS_RELATIONSHIP_8529b4a7-eaff-4c36-888f-d9e1ad2683de |               49 | O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW |                      92 | MY_SCHEMA                 |                         7 | MY_DB                       |                98 | NATION              | [               |                    97 | REGION                  | [               | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.294 -0800 | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.294 -0800 | NULL    |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     |   "N_REGIONKEY" |                       |                         |   "R_REGIONKEY" |                               |                               |         |
|                          |                                                       |                  |                      |                         |                           |                           |                             |                   |                     | ]               |                       |                         | ]               |                               |                               |         |
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+