Get started

To begin with Snowflake and learn about its key features and benefits, start with the following topics.

Get started with Snowflake for users

Learn basic information and follow instructions as a first-time user of Snowflake.

Before you begin

Make sure that you meet the prerequisites for using our applications that connect to Snowflake.

Sign into Snowflake

Learn how to use various interfaces to sign into Snowflake.

Architecture and key concepts

Learn about Snowflake’s architecture, how data is stored, and how queries are processed.

Snowsight quick tour

Learn about the features in Snowsight that you can use to manage database objects and query data.

Data lifecycle

Learn about how data is organized, stored, queried, and managed.

Start learning Snowflake with interactive lessons

Complete essential Snowflake tasks through step-by-step tutorials.

TUTORIAL

Snowflake in 20 Minutes

Learn how to create Snowflake objects, load data, and query data.

TUTORIAL

Load and query sample data using SQL

Learn how to load and query Tasty Bytes sample data using SQL.

TUTORIAL

Load data from cloud storage (Amazon S3)

Learn how to load a table from an S3 bucket.

TUTORIAL

Load data from cloud storage (Microsoft Azure)

Learn how to load a table from an Azure container.

TUTORIAL

Load data from cloud storage (Google Cloud Storage)

Learn how to load a table from a GCS bucket.

TUTORIAL

Bulk loading from a local file system using COPY

Learn how to load data from files in your local file system into a table.

TUTORIAL

Bulk loading from Amazon S3 using COPY

Learn how to load data from files in an existing Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket into a table.

TUTORIAL

JSON basics

Learn how to load JSON data from files, query the data, and flatten and store the data in a table.

TUTORIAL

Loading JSON data into a relational table

Learn more about how to store JSON objects, extract JSON elements, and transform those elements into table columns.

TUTORIAL

Loading and unloading Parquet data

Learn how to upload Parquet data by transforming elements of a staged Parquet file directly into table columns.

TUTORIAL

Create users and grant roles

Learn how to create a user and grant roles to it using SQL.

Learn key concepts for Snowflake administrators

Understand the fundamentals of Snowflake administration.

Cloud platforms

Learn about the cloud platforms that are supported for use with Snowflake.

Cloud regions

Learn about the cloud provider regions in which Snowflake accounts are hosted.

Editions

Learn about the different editions provided by Snowflake and the features and levels of service offered with each edition.

Releases

Learn about our process for deploying new releases.

Features

Learn about some of the key features of Snowflake.

Continuous data protection

Learn about how your data is protected and how you can access and recover your data.

Regulatory compliance

Learn about our commitment to meeting industry-standard regulatory compliance requirements.

Sample data sets

Snowflake provides sample data sets, such as the industry-standard TPC-DS and TPC-H benchmarks, for evaluating and testing a broad range of Snowflake’s SQL support.

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SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA

The sample database, SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA, is identical to the databases that you create in your account, except that it is read-only.

TPC-DS

TPC-DS models the decision support functions of a retail product supplier. The supporting schema contains vital business information, such as customer, order, and product data.

TPC-H

TPC-H is a decision support benchmark. It consists of a suite of business-oriented ad hoc queries and concurrent data modifications.