DESCRIBE ALERT¶

Describes the properties of an alert.

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You can also use the Snowflake REST APIs to perform this operation. For information, see Fetch an alert (REST endpoint reference).

See also:: CREATE ALERT , ALTER ALERT, DROP ALERT , SHOW ALERTS , EXECUTE ALERT

Syntax¶

DESC[RIBE] ALERT <name>

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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.

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).

Note that operating on any object in a schema also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and 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.

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.