Becoming a data provider in a Data Exchange¶

Considerations¶

The Data Exchange has the following requirements:

A full Snowflake account to provide or consume data sets; reader accounts are not supported.
By default, the ACCOUNTADMIN role can perform provider functions, such as creating a listing, creating a provider profile, reviewing listing requests, etc. These tasks can be delegated to other roles. For more information, see Granting privileges to other roles.

Configuring your provider profile¶

When you join the Data Exchange as a provider, you must set up your provider profile. A provider profile is required for publishing a data listing.

If you have the Data Exchange admin role, or Provider profile level privileges, you can create and manage provider profiles for a data exchange in the Manage Exchanges tab of Snowsight.

Creating a provider profile¶

When you publish a data listing in a region you must associate it with a provider profile.

To create a provider profile:

Sign in to Snowsight.
Navigate to Data Products » Private Sharing.
Select Manage Exchanges and then select the Provider Profiles tab.
Select Add Profile.
Complete the required fields. For the description of the fields, see Deleting a provider profile below.
Save your changes.

Editing a provider profile¶

You can edit a provider profile at any time. The profile updates are reflected for all listings associated with the profile.

To edit a provider profile:

Sign in to Snowsight.
Navigate to Data Products » Private Sharing.
Select Manage Exchanges and select the Provider Profiles tab.
Select the profile you want to edit.
From the Manage drop-down list, select Update Profile.
Make changes to the profile.
Select Next to review the preview of the profile.
Save your changes.

Deleting a provider profile¶

You can delete a provider profile as long it is not associated with any listings, both published or unpublished.

To delete a provider profile:

Sign in to Snowsight.
Navigate to Data Products » Private Sharing.
Select Manage Exchanges and select the Provider Profiles tab.
Select the profile that you want to delete.
From the Manage drop-down list, select Delete Profile.

If the Delete Profile option is inactive, make sure no listings are associated with the profile.

Provider profile fields¶

The following table describes parameters required for creating and configuring your provider profile in the Data Exchange.

Field Name	Description	Example
Logo	A high-resolution image of your logo in the JPG or PNG format. The file size cannot exceed 2MB. Square image is recommended.	image.jpg
Company Name	Company name or brand name as it appears in the data listing. This is not the name of your Snowflake account. If the provider name includes special characters, these characters are parsed out in the suggested database name. The company name is the name of the provider profile. As a provider, you can have more than one provider profile (the provider nickname must be unique for each profile). When you publish a listing, you associate it with a provider profile.	ACME
Description	A short introduction (2-3 sentences) of the provider.	Acme, recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars in property damage. With global headquarters in Palo Alto, CA and other offices around the world, Acme serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them plan their lives.
Contact Email	Email address for potential data consumers to contact you, typically a Sales contact.	`sales@example.com`
Support Link	Email for data consumers to contact the provider with questions. This is typically a Technical Support contact.	`support@example.com`
Privacy Policy Link	A link to a privacy policy on provider’s website. The link is required only for personalized shares.	`https://www.example.com/privacy`
Snowflake General Contact Email	An email address for Snowflake to contact the provider with questions about listings.
Snowflake Technical Contact Email	An email address for Snowflake to contact the provider about shared data.