SNAPSHOT_POLICIES view¶

This Information Schema view provides information on snapshot policies.

Columns¶

Column name	Data type	Description
SNAPSHOT_POLICY_NAME	VARCHAR	Name of the snapshot policy
SNAPSHOT_POLICY_SCHEMA	VARCHAR	Schema that the snapshot policy belongs to.
SNAPSHOT_POLICY_CATALOG	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.
COMMENT	VARCHAR	Comment for the snapshot policy.

Latency for the view may be up to 180 minutes (3 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.