Getting started with Legacy Snowflake Notebooks

To start experimenting with Snowflake Notebooks, sign in to Snowsight, and set up your account to use notebooks. In the navigation menu, select Projects » Notebooks. A list of notebooks that you have access to in your account is displayed. You can either create a new notebook from scratch or upload an existing .ipynb file.

The following table shows the topics to review if you’re new to Snowflake Notebooks:

Getting started guides
|setup-notebooks-pin|Setting up Snowflake Notebooks Instructions for developers and admins before using Notebooks.
|create-notebooks-pin|Create a notebook Create a new notebook from scratch or from an existing file.
|develop-notebooks-pin|Develop and run code in Snowflake Notebooks Create, edit, execute Python, SQL, and Markdown cells.

Developer guides

GuideDescription
Session context in notebooksAccessing and modifying the session context.
Saving results in notebooksSaving notebooks and results across sessions.
Import Python packages to use in notebooksImporting Python packages from Anaconda channel.
Visualize and Interact with your data in NotebookVisualize data with matplotlib, plotly, or altair, and develop a data app with Streamlit.
Cell and variable referencing in NotebookReference SQL cell output and Python variable values.
Keyboard shortcuts for NotebooksLeverage keyboard shortcuts to navigate and streamline the editing experience.

Leveling up your notebook workflows

GuideDescription
Sync Snowflake Notebooks with GitVersion control your notebook for collaboration and development.
Work with files in notebooksManage and work with files in your notebook environment.
Schedule notebook runsSchedule notebooks to run and execute code within Snowflake.
Troubleshoot errors in Snowflake NotebooksTroubleshoot errors that may occur while you’re using Snowflake Notebooks.

Quickstarts

Highlighted use cases

Check out highlighted use cases for data science, data engineering, and ML/AI in Github.

Getting started guides

GuideDescription
Set up Snowflake NotebookSetting up Snowflake Notebooks Instructions for developers and admins before using Notebooks.
Create Snowflake NotebookCreate a notebook Create a new notebook from scratch or from an existing file.
Develop and run code in Snowflake NotebookDevelop and run code in Snowflake Notebooks Create, edit, and execute Python, SQL, and Markdown cells.

Note

These quickstarts are only shown as examples. Following along with the example may require additional rights to third-party data, products, or services that are not owned or provided by Snowflake. Snowflake does not guarantee the accuracy of these examples or cover them under any Service Level Agreement.

Additional resources

  • For notebook demos, tutorials, and examples, see the collection of Snowflake Notebooks demos in GitHub.
  • To view tutorial videos, see the Snowflake Notebooks YouTube playlist.
  • To learn about SQL commands to create, execute, and show notebooks, see Snowflake Notebooks API reference.
  • Looking for reference architectures, industry-specific use cases and solutions best practices using Notebooks? See Notebooks examples in the Snowflake Solution Center.