Metadata Fields in Snowflake¶

The data contained in metadata fields may be processed outside of your Snowflake Region. It is a customer responsibility to ensure that no personal data (other than for a User object), sensitive data, export-controlled data, or other regulated data is entered into any metadata field when using the Snowflake Service.

The most common metadata fields are:

• Object definitions, such as a policy, an external function, or a view definition.

• Object properties, such as an object name or an object comment.

The following table sets forth the list of potential metadata fields in the Snowflake Service. Metadata is “Usage Data” as defined in our Terms of Service or other agreement between you and Snowflake covering use of the Snowflake Service.

Snowflake updates this table regularly as new features and services are added. If you have questions about how Snowflake tracks data or about sensitive information in the actual query text please contact Snowflake Support.

Category	Metadata Fields	Further Reading
Object Definitions	External functions	Writing External Functions
	Policies	Masking Policies . Network Policies . Row Access Policies . Session Policies
	User-defined functions	User-Defined Functions Overview
Object Properties	Column name	Databases, Tables and Views - Overview
	Comment	See the specific CREATE and ALTER commands for a given object (e.g. CREATE TABLE, ALTER VIEW).
	Tag value	Object Tagging
Object Types	Account, including managed account	Managing Your Snowflake Account
	Alert	Setting Up Alerts Based on Data in Snowflake
	Connection	Redirecting Client Connections
	Database	Databases, Tables & Views
	Event table	Setting up an Event Table
	External function	Writing External Functions
	External table	External Tables
	Failover group	Introduction to Replication and Failover
	File names in internal stages	Bulk Loading Using COPY . Unloading into a Snowflake Stage
	Integrations (all types)	API: Introduction to External Functions Notification: See the current feature list. Security: API Authentication Federated Authentication, Snowflake OAuth, External OAuth, and SCIM. Storage: Loading data , Snowpipe , and Unloading data
	Organization	Introduction to Organizations
	Pipe	Snowpipe
	Policies	Masking Policies . Network Policies . Row Access Policies . Session Policies
	Procedure	Stored Procedures Overview
	Replication group	Introduction to Replication and Failover
	Resource monitor	Working with Resource Monitors
	Role	Overview of Access Control
	Schema	Databases, Tables & Views
	Secrets	External API Authentication & Secrets
	Shares	Getting Started with Secure Data Sharing
	Stages, internal and external	Bulk Loading Using COPY . Unloading into a Snowflake Stage
	Stream	Change Tracking Using Table Streams
	Table, including external table	Understanding Snowflake Table Structures . Working with Temporary and Transient Tables . Working with External Tables
	Tag	Object Tagging
	Task	Introduction to Tasks
	User	Overview of Access Control
	User-defined functions	User-Defined Functions Overview
	View, including materialized view	Databases, Tables & Views
	Warehouse	Virtual Warehouses
Other Metadata	Query literals	Query Data in Snowflake . QUERY_HISTORY View
	Schema of files in internal stages