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Snowflake Snowflake

Snowflake services main features are separation of storage and compute, on-the-fly scalable compute, data sharing, data cloning, and third-party tools support in order to handle the demanding needs of growing enterprises.

Creating a Snowflake connection​

Use one of the following methods to make a connection:

Using an account​

To create the connection you need:

  • Access to your Snowflake organization
  • Select which database and warehouse you wish to connect to

Obtaining the credentials​

Follow the Snowflake Documentation to obtain your account identifier.

Creating your connection​

  1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
  2. Select the Snowflake icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appears.
  3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
  4. Select Account as the method to create the connection.
  5. Fill in the parameters:
    • The Account Identifier
    • Username of the user to use for authentication
    • Password of the user to use for authentication
    • Name of the Database you wish you operate on
    • The name of an active Warehouse to use to execute your requests
  6. (Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
  7. Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.

Using a data source name​

Obtaining the credentials​

An alternative type of authentication is a custom Data Source Name (DSN) for Blink.

View the Go Snowflake Documentation on how to format the connection string.

Creating your connection​

  1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
  2. Select the SnowFlake icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appears.
  3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
  4. Select DSN as the method to create the connection.
  5. Fill in the parameters:
    • The full DSN string to use for connection
  6. (Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
  7. Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.