SNAPSHOT_POLICIES view¶

This Account Usage view provides information about snapshot policies and their properties.

Columns¶

Column name	Data type	Description
ID	NUMBER	Internal system-generated identifier for the snapshot policy.
NAME	VARCHAR	Name of the snapshot policy.
SCHEMA_ID	NUMBER	Internal/system-generated identifier for the schema of the snapshot policy.
SCHEMA_NAME	VARCHAR	Schema that the snapshot policy belongs to.
CATALOG_ID	NUMBER	Internal system-generated identifier for the database of the snapshot policy.
CATALOG_NAME	VARCHAR	Database that the snapshot policy belongs to.
SCHEDULE	VARCHAR	Schedule for snapshot creation.
EXPIRE_AFTER_DAYS	NUMBER	Days after snapshot creation when snapshot should be expired and automatically deleted.
HAS_RETENTION_LOCK	VARCHAR	Indicates whether the policy includes a retention lock. Y if the policy has a retention lock; N otherwise. Retention lock protects snapshots from being deleted by anyone for the defined retention period. The retention lock also prevents the retention period from being decreased on the policy.
OWNER	VARCHAR	Name of the role that owns the snapshot policy.
OWNER_ROLE_TYPE	VARCHAR	Type of role that owns the snapshot policy. Account role or Database role.
CREATED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time when the snapshot policy was created.
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 snapshot policy was deleted.
COMMENT	VARCHAR	Comment for the snapshot policy.

Latency for the view may be up to 360 minutes (6 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.