Snowflake Azure Database Account
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Overview
You can use this account type to connect Snowflake Snaps with data sources that use the Snowflake Azure Database account.
You can use the Snowflake Azure Account type to create both standard and dynamic accounts.
Prerequisites
None.
Limitations and Known Issues
None.
Account Settings
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 | |
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Label* Default value: None | String | N/A | Specify a unique label for the account. | |
Account properties* | ||||
JDBC JARs*
| Use this field set to 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. See Downloading the JDBC Driver for more information about JDBC drivers and downloading the appropriate driver for your account. | |||
JDBC Driver*
Default value: None | String | N/A | 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.
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Hostname* Default value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the hostname of the Snowflake server to which you want to connect the new account. | |
Port Number* Default value: 443 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the port number associated with the Snowflake database server that you must use for this account. | |
Authentication Type* Default Value: Password | Dropdown list | N/A | Choose an authentication type to connect to the database. The available options are:
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Username* Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the username to connect to the Snowflake database server. | |
Password* Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Appears when you select Password for Authentication Type. | Specify the password associated with the username specified above. This will be used as the default password while retrieving connections. | |
Encrypted Private Key* Default Value: N/A -----END PRIVATE KEY----- | String/Expression | 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. Learn more about configuring and generating a valid key pair. | |
Encrypted Private Key Passphrase* Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Appears when you select Key Pair for Authentication Type. | Specify the encrypted private key passphrase for authentication. | |
Database name* Default value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the name of the database to which you want to connect. | |
Warehouse name* Default value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the name of the warehouse to which you want to connect. | |
JDBC Driver Class Default Value: net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeDriver | String | N/A | Specify the JDBC driver class to use. | |
Azure storage account name Default value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the name of the instance of the Azure storage account. | |
Azure storage account key Default value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the key to connect to the instance of the Azure storage account listed above. You can use either of the two keys available in the Access Key tab of the dashboard in the Azure portal to populate this value. | |
Container Default Value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the name of the Azure storage blob container that you want to use for hosting files. | |
Path Default Value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the location of the folder in the container listed above where you want to host files. | |
Shared Access Signature (SAS) Token Method Default Value: User Supplied | Dropdown list | N/A | Specify the method of supplying the SAS token to the Snaps. You can choose between the following two options:
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User token Default Value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the shared access token that you want to use to access the Azure storage blob folder specified in the Path above. You can get a valid SAS token from the Azure portal. This property is applicable only when you choose User Supplied in the Shared Access Token Signature Method field above. | |
Client side encryption Default Value: None | Dropdown list | N/A | Select either of the following options to encrypt the blob before uploading to Microsoft Azure:
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Custom key Default Value: None | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the custom key that you want to use to access the Azure storage blob. This property is applicable only when you select Custom_Key in the Client side encryption field above. The key should be a 128- or 256-bit Base64-encoded key. | |
Advanced properties | ||||
URL Properties | Use this field set to define additonal URL properties to use if any. | |||
URL property name
Default value: None | String | N/A | Specify the name of the URL property. | |
URL property value
Default value: None | String | N/A | Specify the URL property value associated with the URL property name. | |
Batch size* Default value: 50 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the number of statements that you want to execute at a time. | |
Fetch size* Default value: 100 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the number of rows you want a query to fetch during each execution. | |
Min pool size* Default value: 3 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the minimum number of idle connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time.
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Max pool size* Default value: 15 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the maximum number of connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time. Minimum value: 0 | |
Max life time* Default value: 60 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed. | |
Idle Timeout* Default value:5 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. | |
Checkout timeout* Default value: 10000 | Integer/Expression | N/A | Specify the number of milliseconds you want the system to wait for a connection to become available when the pool is exhausted. |
Generating a Valid Key Pair
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