In this article

Overview

You can use this account type to connect to a Snowflake Instance instance hosted on Google Cloud Platforms. 

Prerequisites

A valid Snowflake database account.

Limitations and Known Issues

None.

Account Settings

...

...

Info

Asterisk ( * ): Indicates a mandatory field. Suggestion icon ( ): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration. Expression icon ( ): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic. Add icon ( ): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set. Remove icon ( ): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.

Field Name		Field Type		Field Dependency	Description
Label* Default

value

Value: None Example: Snowflake

GCS

Google Storage Database Account

String

N/A

Specify a unique label for the account.

JDBC JARs

Account properties*
JDBC JARs	Use this field set to

upload the JDBC driver and other JAR files that you want to use into SLDB.Click Image Removed to add a new row. Add each JDBC

add a list of JDBC JAR files to be loaded. By default, the Snowflake account is bundled with the JDBC driver version 3.16.0. However, you can add a custom JAR file. Click + to add a new row for each JDBC JAR file. Add each JAR file in a separate row.

Learn more

See Downloading the JDBC Driver for more information about JDBC drivers and downloading the appropriate driver for your account

 Downloading the JDBC Driver

.

This field set contains the

JDBC Driver

field.JDBC Driver

* Default value:

 N/A

None Example:

 

snowflake-jdbc-3.

12

16.

3

0.jar

String

N/A

Specify the driver to use for your application. 

Specify the fully-qualified name of the JDBC driver class to be used for connecting to the server. The Snowflake Snap Pack is bundled with the default Snowflake JDBC driver v3.16.0. Therefore, even if you do not provide a JDBC Driver, the account does not fail.

Hostname* Default value:

 N/A

None Example:

 

demo.snowflake.net

String

N/A

Specify the hostname

 of

of the Snowflake server to which you want to connect the new account.

 

Port Number* Default value:

 443

443  Example:

 443

332

Integer

N/A

Specify the port number associated with the Snowflake

Google Storage Database

database server that you

want to

must use for this account.

Authentication Type* Default

 

Value:

 

Password Example:

 

Key Pair

String

Dropdown list		N/A	Choose an authentication type to connect to the database. The available options are: Password: Authenticates with the Username and Password credentials. Key Pair: Authenticates using the Private Key and Encrypted Private Key Passphrase.
Username* Default

value

Value:

 N

N/A Example:

admin

SW_User

String

N/A

Specify

the username that you want to use

the username to connect to the

Snowflake Google Storage database

Snowflake database server.

Password* Default

value

Value:

 N

N/A Example:

P@$$w0rd!

ll@98#*00w

String

Appears when you select Password for Authentication Type.

Specify the password

for

associated with the username specified above. This will be used as the default password while retrieving connections.

Encrypted Private Key* Default Value: N/A Example: -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----

MIIE6TAbBgkqhkiG9w0BBQMwDgQILYPyennlX2bd8yX8x

MIIE6TAbBgkqhkiG9w0BBQMwDgQILYPyennlX2bd8yX8

OxGSGfvB

xOxGSGfvB+99+PmSlex0FmY9ov1J8H1H9Y3lJXXb -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

String

Appears when you select Key Pair for Authentication Type.

Specify the key that you have generated for authentication. The key must include the generated header and footer. Info The

private key

Private Key is read, decrypted if necessary, and included with properties to connect to Snowflake, where it is validated

against

with its paired

public key

Public Key to authenticate the connection. Learn more about configuring and generating a valid key pair.

Encrypted Private Key Passphrase* Default

 

Value: N/A Example:

 

Nki62lmWfFO75Xg04W+Fnlt9ejiMn4zPbkf/me Aq1R3X7CM/ORLuLms4vU70NjzNYo09SO UXhQmoqpEkQBvrrYuzdaQt5hvwh7vZQh WZ5L8+

lTRoAneFtmd6LZ94AssA

lTRoA neFtmd6LZ94AssA==

String

Appears when you select

 

Key Pair

 

for

 

Authentication Type.

Specify the

passphrase for the

encrypted private key

. Leave this field blank if the specified private key is not encrypted. However, we recommend that you use an encrypted private key only.

passphrase for authentication.

Database name* Default value:

 N/A

None Example:

 

SWDB

String

N/A

Specify

the name

the name of the

Snowflake

database to which you want to connect.

Warehouse name* Default value:

 N/A

None Example:

 

Snowflake_cdw		String		N/A	Specify the name of the warehouse to which you want to connect.
JDBC Driver Class Default

value

Value: net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeDriver Example: net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeDriver

String

N/A

Specify the

fully-qualified/domain name of the

JDBC driver class to

be used for connecting to the Snowflake Google Database Storage server

use.
Google Cloud Storage (GCS) Bucket Default value: N/A Example: sw_gcs_bucket_1		String/Expression		N/A	Specify the name of the GCS bucket from which to load the staged data to your Snowflake database.
Google Cloud Storage (GCS) Folder Default value: N/A Example: sw_gcs_bucket_1_Files		String/Expression		N/A	Specify the relative path to the folder in the GCS bucket where the source files are located. This is used as a root folder for staging data.
Storage Integration Default value: N/A Example: GCS_Storage_Integration		String/Expression		N/A	Specify the predefined storage integration that is used to authenticate the Google Cloud Storage bucket hosting as the external stage.
Advanced properties
URL

properties

Properties

Use this field set to define

the account parameter's name and its corresponding value. Click + to add the parameters and the corresponding values. Add each URL property-value pair in a separate row.URL Property

additional URL properties to use, if any.

URL property name Default value:

N/A

None Example: : MAX_

CONCURRENCY

CONCURR ENCY_LEVEL

String

N/A

Specify the name of

the parameter for

the URL property.

URL

Property

property value Default

value: N/A

value: None Example: 4

Integer

String

N/A

Specify the URL property value

for

associated with the URL property

parameter

name.

Batch size* Default value:

 

50 Example:

 

9

Integer

N/A

Specify

the number

the number of Snowflake

queries that

queries that you want to execute at a time

.

Fetch size* Default value: 100 Example: 90			Integer	N/A	Specify the number of rows a query must fetch for each execution.
Min pool size* Default value: 3 Example: 4			Integer	N/A	Specify the minimum number of idle connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time.
Max pool size* Default

Value

value: 15 Example: 10			Integer	N/A	Specify the maximum number of connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time.
Max life time* Default

Value

value: 60 Example: 90

Integer

N/A

Specify the maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool, in seconds.

  

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: No limit

Idle Timeout* Default

Value

value: 5 Example:

 

6

Integer

N/A

Specify the maximum amount of time

in seconds that

a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: No limit

Checkout timeout* Default

Value

value:

 

10000 Example:

 

9000

Integer

N/A

Specify

the maximum time in milliseconds

the number of milliseconds you want the system to wait for a connection to become available when the pool is exhausted.  Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: No limit

Generating a Valid Key Pair

Snap Pack History

...

Related Links

• Configuring Snowflake Accounts

• Configuring an Integration for Google Cloud Storage

  SnapLogic Product Glossary

• Getting started with SnapLogic