DESCRIBE ALERT

Describes the properties of an alert.

Tip

In addition to SQL, you can also use other interfaces, such as Snowflake REST APIs, Snowflake Python APIs, and Snowflake CLI. See Alternate interfaces.

See also:

CREATE ALERT , ALTER ALERT, DROP ALERT , SHOW ALERTS , EXECUTE ALERT

Syntax

DESC[RIBE] ALERT <name>
Copy

Required parameters

name

Identifier for the alert to describe. If the identifier contains spaces or special characters, the entire string must be enclosed in double quotes. Identifiers enclosed in double quotes are also case-sensitive.

Access control requirements

A role used to execute this SQL command must have at least one of the following privileges at a minimum:

Privilege

Object

Notes

MONITOR, OPERATE, or OWNERSHIP

Alert

OWNERSHIP is a special privilege on an object that is automatically granted to the role that created the object, but can also be transferred using the GRANT OWNERSHIP command to a different role by the owning role (or any role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege).

The USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema are required to perform operations on any object in a schema.

For instructions on creating a custom role with a specified set of privileges, see Creating custom roles.

For general information about roles and privilege grants for performing SQL actions on securable objects, see Overview of Access Control.

Usage notes

  • Only returns rows for an alert owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on an alert) or a role with the OPERATE privilege on an alert.

  • To post-process the output of this command, you can use the RESULT_SCAN function, which treats the output as a table that can be queried.

Examples

See Viewing details about an alert.

Alternate interfaces

Language: English