SHOW NOTEBOOKS¶

Lists the notebooks for which you have access privileges.

You can use this command to list objects in the current database and schema for the session, a specified database or schema, or your entire account.

The output includes the metadata and properties for each object. The objects are sorted lexicographically by database, schema, and object name (see Output in this topic for descriptions of the output columns). The order is important to note if you want to filter the results.

Syntax¶

SHOW NOTEBOOKS [ LIKE '<pattern>' ]
               [ IN
                     {
                       ACCOUNT                  |

                       DATABASE                 |
                       DATABASE <database_name> |

                       SCHEMA                   |
                       SCHEMA <schema_name>     |
                       <schema_name>
                     }
               ]
               [ STARTS WITH '<name_string>' ]
               [ LIMIT <rows> ]
               [ LIMIT <rows> [ FROM '<name_string>' ] ]
               [ EXCLUDE PERSONAL OBJECTS ]

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Parameters¶

LIKE 'pattern'
Optionally filters the command output by object name. The filter uses case-insensitive pattern matching, with support for SQL wildcard characters (% and _).

For example, the following patterns return the same results:

... LIKE '%testing%' ...

... LIKE '%TESTING%' ...

. Default: No value (no filtering is applied to the output).

[ IN ... ]
Optionally specifies the scope of the command. Specify one of the following:

ACCOUNT
Returns records for the entire account.

DATABASE, . DATABASE db_name
Returns records for the current database in use or for a specified database (db_name).

If you specify DATABASE without db_name and no database is in use, the keyword has no effect on the output.

Note

Using SHOW commands without an IN clause in a database context can result in fewer than expected results.

Objects with the same name are only displayed once if no IN clause is used. For example, if you have table t1 in schema1 and table t1 in schema2, and they are both in scope of the database context you’ve specified (that is, the database you’ve selected is the parent of schema1 and schema2), then SHOW TABLES only displays one of the t1 tables.

SCHEMA, . SCHEMA schema_name
Returns records for the current schema in use or a specified schema (schema_name).

SCHEMA is optional if a database is in use or if you specify the fully qualified schema_name (for example, db.schema).

If no database is in use, specifying SCHEMA has no effect on the output.

Default: Depends on whether the session currently has a database in use:

Database: DATABASE is the default (that is, the command returns the objects you have privileges to view in the database).

No database: ACCOUNT is the default (that is, the command returns the objects you have privileges to view in your account).

STARTS WITH 'name_string'
Optionally filters the command output based on the characters that appear at the beginning of the object name. The string must be enclosed in single quotes and is case-sensitive.

For example, the following strings return different results:

... STARTS WITH 'B' ...

... STARTS WITH 'b' ...

. Default: No value (no filtering is applied to the output)

LIMIT rows
Optionally limits the maximum number of rows returned. The actual number of rows returned might be less than the specified limit. For example, the number of existing objects is less than the specified limit.

Default: No value (no limit is applied to the output).

EXCLUDE PERSONAL OBJECTS
Filters the command output so personal objects are not shown.

Output¶

The output of the command includes the following columns, which describe the properties and metadata of the object:

Column	Description
`created_on`	Date and time when the notebook was created.
`name`	Name of the notebook object.
`database_name`	Database in which the notebook is stored.
`schema_name`	Schema in which the notebook is stored.
`comment`	Comment for the notebook object.
`owner`	Role that owns the notebook object.
`query_warehouse`	Warehouse where queries issued in the notebook are run.
`url_id`	Unique ID associated with the notebook object.
`owner_role_type`	The type of role that owns the object, for example `ROLE`. . If a Snowflake Native App owns the object, the value is `APPLICATION`. . Snowflake returns NULL if you delete the object because a deleted object does not have an owner role.
`code_warehouse`	Warehouse where the notebook kernel is run.

Access control requirements¶

A role used to execute this operation must have the following privileges at a minimum:

Privilege	Object	Notes
USAGE or OWNERSHIP	Notebook	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).

Usage notes¶

The command doesn’t require a running warehouse to execute.
The command only returns objects for which the current user’s current role has been granted at least one access privilege.
The MANAGE GRANTS access privilege implicitly allows its holder to see every object in the account. By default, only the account administrator (users with the ACCOUNTADMIN role) and security administrator (users with the SECURITYADMIN role) have the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.

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.

The command returns a maximum of ten thousand records for the specified object type, as dictated by the access privileges for the role used to execute the command. Any records above the ten thousand records limit aren’t returned, even with a filter applied.

To view results for which more than ten thousand records exist, query the corresponding view (if one exists) in the Snowflake Information Schema.

Examples¶

The following example lists the notebooks that you have the privileges to view in the current schema:

SHOW NOTEBOOKS;

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The following example lists notebooks with names that start with test:

SHOW NOTEBOOKS STARTS WITH 'test';

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Returns:

+--------------------------------+--------------+---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------------+----------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| created_on                     | name         | database_name | schema_name | comment                                                            | owner  | query_warehouse | url_id               | owner_role_type | code_warehouse               |
+--------------------------------+--------------+---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------------+----------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
|  2024-03-20 06:37:08.402 +0000 | test_notebook| PUBLIC        | PUBLIC      | {"lastUpdatedUser":"309334439262","lastUpdatedTime":1711566800002} | PUBLIC | HLEVE1          | 2mbdchin3kn2tlzgqtca | ROLE            | SYSTEM$STREAMLIT_NOTEBOOK_WH |
+--------------------------------+--------------+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------------+----------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+