Manage your user profile by using Snowsight¶

When you manage your user profile in Snowsight, you can add user details, change your password, select a default language, configure notifications, enroll in multi-factor authentication (MFA), verify your email address, and more.

Add user details to your user profile¶

To access your user profile:

  1. Sign in to Snowsight.

  2. To open the user menu, select your username.

    Account menu
  3. From the user menu, select Profile.

  4. On your profile, you can review and set the following user details:

    • Profile photo

    • Username (cannot be changed)

    • First Name

    • Last Name

    • Password

    • Email

    When possible, ensure that your user profile includes a first name, last name, and email address. These details are required to complete some tasks in Snowflake, such as accepting the terms of service for the Snowflake Marketplace. If you cannot set these preferences for your user, contact an account administrator.

    You can also set the following preferences:

    • Default role & warehouse: Select a role and warehouse to use by default when you use Snowsight. Snowflake uses the default warehouse to display pages that you view in Snowsight and, unless another warehouse is specified, run worksheets and dashboards.

    • Default experience: Select the default user interface you see when you sign in to Snowflake, Snowsight or the Classic Console. If you don’t see the option to select a default experience, your default experience might be set at the account level. See All users in the account have Snowsight as the default web interface.

    • Language: Select the language to use for Snowsight.

    • Notifications: Select whether to send a browser notification when a query finishes running in the background. When you set this preference for the first time, your browser prompts you to allow notifications from Snowflake.

      If your active role has access to set up resource monitor notifications, you can also select a checkbox to set up Email notifications from resource monitors.

    • Multi-factor authentication: Select whether to enroll in multi-factor authentication (MFA). See Enroll in multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Change your user password¶

To change your password:

  1. Sign in to Snowsight.

  2. In the left-hand navigation, select your name. The user menu opens.

  3. Select Settings.

  4. Select Authentication.

  5. In the General section, select Change Password.

    The Set a new password dialog appears.

  6. Enter your current password.

  7. Enter a new password, and confirm your new password.

  8. Select Confirm.

Your new password must comply with the password policy. See Snowflake-provided password policy.

Enroll in multi-factor authentication (MFA)¶

MFA provides increased login security for users connecting to Snowflake.

Note

If you have not previously enabled and configured MFA, Snowsight will automatically suggest you enable it. You can dismiss the request to configure MFA, however you will be re-prompted every three days.

To enroll in MFA:

  1. Sign in to Snowsight.

  2. In the left-hand navigation, select your name. The user menu opens.

  3. Select Settings.

  4. Select Authentication.

  5. In the Multi-factor authentication section, select Add new authentication method.

  6. Follow the prompts to configure your second factor of authentication. You are enrolled in MFA when you configure one of these MFA methods.

After you enroll, each time you attempt to sign in to Snowflake you are prompted to enter your required user credentials (login name and password) and then prompted to use a second factor of authentication.

Important

If you cannot sign in to Snowflake due to an MFA issue, for example, you don’t have access to your phone, contact one of the account administrators for your Snowflake account. They can temporarily disable MFA so that you can log in or reset the MFA methods that you use to authenticate. For more information, see Recovering a user who is locked out.

Disabling MFA¶

After you enroll in MFA, you cannot use Snowsight to disable MFA. Contact your account administrator.

Verify your email address¶

To verify the email address associated with your Snowflake user account, follow these steps:

In some cases, you automatically receive an email prompting you to Please Validate Your Email. If you did not, follow these steps to verify your email address:

  1. Sign in to Snowsight.

  2. Select your username, and then select Profile.

  3. Configure your email address:

    • If you do not have an email address listed, enter an email address in the Email field, and then select Save.

    • If you cannot enter an email address, an account administrator must either add an email address on your behalf or grant your user the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on your user.

    • If you did not receive an email, select Resend verification email. Snowflake sends a verification email to the address listed.

  4. Open your email, and then select the link in the email to validate your email address.

You must verify your email address before you can receive email notifications for resource monitors.

Specify appearance¶

Snowsight supports multiple appearance modes, including what is often referred to as dark mode. Modes let you select how text, background color, and other aspects of how Snowsight is presented.

Snowsight supports the following modes:

Mode

Description

Light

Display dark text on a light background. Light mode is typically used in normal sunlight conditions.

Dark

Display light text on a dark background to reduce eye strain in low-light conditions.

System

Set display settings based on the setting specified in the operating system. For example, in Apple OSX, match the appearance to the appearance system setting found in the Apple menu » System Settings » Appearance.

Please note that the appearance setting is persistent at the user level. For example, if you choose Light for your appearance setting, then it will still be Light the next time you log in.

To specify appearance:

  1. Sign in to Snowsight.

  2. To open the user menu, select your username.

  3. Select Appearance » Mode.

  4. Select your preferred appearance setting: Light, Dark, or System.

Note

When you first login to Snowsight, because the appearance setting isn’t set by default, you are asked to select one of the three appearance modes.