Snowflake data consumer

Snowflake can be used to receive linkage map extractions directly.

Connection fields

The following fields are required for Snowflake data consumers in the data catalog.

Field	Description
Account Name	The name of the Snowflake account.
User Name	The name of the Snowflake user. We recommend you create a service user for this purpose.
Authentication Method	LinXmart supports Password and Key-Pair methods for authenticating a user. Please see the Configuring Key-Pair Authentication article in the Snowflake documentation for more info.
Authentication Secret	Either the user's password, or the private key created for key-pair authentication. If this is a private key, copy the entire contents of the private key file into this field.
Warehouse	The Snowflake Warehouse to run all data processing.
Database	The name of the database to receive the data.
Schema	The name of the destination schema.
Default Create Table If Not Exists	A default value for when the data consumer is added to a project. See below.
Default Destination Table	A default value for when the data consumer is added to a project. See below.

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The fields beginning with 'Default' will be populated and editable when the data consumer is added to a specific project.

Use the Test Connection button to verify the Snowflake database can be reached, and if the table specified can be accessed.

Project level fields

The following additional fields are available when the data consumer has been added to a specific Linkage Project. Some of these may have default values configured at the data catalog level.

Field	Description
Create Table If Not Exists	Flag indicating if the destination table should be created if it doesn't exist.
Destination Table	The name of the table to write the extraction data.