 | Snowflake
Snowflake database loader |
The target-snowflake Meltano loader pulls data from Snowflake that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.
Other Available Variants
- datamill-co
- meltano
- transferwise (default)
Getting Started
Prerequisites
If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:
Installation and configuration
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Add the target-snowflake loader to your project
using
:meltano add -
Configure the target-snowflake settings using
:meltano config
meltano add loader target-snowflake --variant meltanomeltano config target-snowflake set --interactiveNext steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.
Capabilities
The current capabilities fortarget-snowflakeThis plugin has the following capabilities:
You can
override these capabilities or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml by adding the capabilities key.
Settings
The
target-snowflake settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly
find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:
You can
override these settings or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml by adding the settings key.
Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.
Account (account)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_ACCOUNT
Account Name in Snowflake (https://XXXXX.snowflakecomputing.com)
Username (username)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_USERNAME
The username you use for logging in
Password (password)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD
The password you use for logging in
Role (role)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE
Role to be used for loading the data, e.g. LOADER. Also this role is GRANTed usage to all tables and schemas created
Database (database)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_DATABASE
The name of the Snowflake database you want to use
Warehouse (warehouse)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE
The name of the Snowflake warehouse you want to use
Schema (schema)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_SCHEMA -
Default Value:
$MELTANO_EXTRACT__LOAD_SCHEMA
Note $MELTANO_EXTRACT__LOAD_SCHEMA will expand to the value of the load_schema extra for the extractor used in the pipeline, which defaults to the extractor's namespace, e.g. tap_gitlab for tap-gitlab. Values are automatically converted to uppercase before they're passed on to the plugin, so tap_gitlab becomes TAP_GITLAB.
Batch Size (batch_size)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_BATCH_SIZE -
Default Value:
5000
The number of records sent to Snowflake at a time.
Timestamp Column (timestamp_column)
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Environment variable:
TARGET_SNOWFLAKE_TIMESTAMP_COLUMN -
Default Value:
__loaded_at
Name of the column used for recording the timestamp when Data are uploaded to Snowflake.
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