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Snowflake Cloud Data Platform from the Ground Up
This Snowflake Cloud Data Platform training teaches attendees the basics of Snowflake, the world's leading cloud data platform. In this course, students learn how to design, build, and manage highly...
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$1,460 USD
Duration
2 days
Course Code
WA3063
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
This Snowflake Cloud Data Platform training teaches attendees the basics of Snowflake, the world's leading cloud data platform. In this course, students learn how to design, build, and manage highly efficient data warehouses in the cloud through engaging demonstrations and real-world hands-on labs.
Skills Gained
- Understand Snowflake's architecture, security, and core services
- Master the web UI, roles, databases, and tools for optimal efficiency
- Craft the perfect data warehouse for your specific needs, utilizing Snowflake's unique features
- Leverage SQL, Snowsight, and advanced querying techniques to extract meaning from your data
- Develop user-defined functions and stored procedures to personalize your data workflow
- Apply seamless data import and export techniques with Snowpipe and other tools
- Explore Snowflake Stream and Tasks for effortless data management
Who Can Benefit
- Business Analysts
- Architects
- System Integrators
- Software Engineers
- Technical Support Staff
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of programming and SQL
Course Details
Introduction to the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform
- What is Snowflake?
- Security and Compliance
- Snowflake Conceptual Architecture
- Core Underlying Design Considerations
- Core Services and Tools
- Snowflake Editions
- The Standard Edition
- The Enterprise Edition
- The Business Critical Edition
- Virtual Private Snowflake
- Billing: The Cost Components
- Data Storage Segments
- Parts of Snowflake that Incur Compute-related Costs
- Snowflake Quickstart
Snowflake's Web UI
- Web UI (Web Portal)
- Worksheets
- Worksheets UI
- Default Warehouse
- Snowflake Roles
- The Roles UI
- Snowflake Databases
- Marketplace
- Activity
- Activity UI
- Admin
- Account Usage UI
- Create Network Policy Dialog (under Admin > Security)
- Native Apps
Designing Data Warehouses in Snowflake
- What is a Virtual Data Warehouse?
- The Warehouse-Database Relationship
- Matching Your Needs
- The Auto Suspend/Resume Features
- Multi-cluster Data Warehouses
- The Concept of the Snowflake Compute Credit
- Compute Sizing
- Operations
- Creating a New Warehouse
- Warehouse UI
- Database Objects
- Tables
- Table Storage Types
- Table Constraints
- Search Optimization Service
- Table Data Types
- Data Loading
- Views
- Zero-Copy Cloning Feature
- The Programming Capability
- Continuous Data Protection Lifecycle
Querying for Insights in Snowflake
- Supported SQL Standards
- Ways to Query Data in Snowflake
- Snowsight Experience
- Statistics and Visualizations
- Charts
- The TOP/LIMIT Syntax
- Comments
- Hierarchical Select example
- Subqueries
- Support for Window Functions
- CTEs (Common Table Expressions)
- Approximation Functions
Designing Data Warehouses in Snowflake
- The Programming Capability
- Returning a Value
- User-defined Functions (UDFs)
- UDF-Related DDL Commands
- The CREATE FUNCTION DDL
- A UDF Example
- Stored Procedures
- DDL Commands Related to Stored Procedures
- JavaScript-based Stored Procedure
- Accessing the Return Value of Stored Procedures
- External Functions
Data Import and Export in Snowflake
- Bringing Data Into Snowflake: the Import Tools
- Data Stages
- Import Process using a Stage
- Example of Using the Put Command
- Example of Using the Copy Into Command for Data Import
- Snowpipe
- Using Snowpipe
- Taking Data out of Snowflake: the Export Tools
- The Export Process
Snowflake Stream and Tasks
- Snowflake Stream
- Snowflake Tasks
Lab Exercises
- Lab 1. Signing Up for the Free Trial of Snowflake
- Lab 2. The Snowflake Web UI
- Lab 3. Creating and Working with Databases in Snowflake
- Lab 4. Querying Data in Snowflake
- Lab 5. Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
- Lab 6. Window Functions in Snowflake
- Lab 7. The Time Travel Feature of Snowflake
- Lab 8. Understanding Stored Procedures and UDFs in Snowflake
- Lab 9. SnowSQL Command-Line Interface
- Lab 10. Data Import Using SnowSQL Command-Line Interface
- Lab 11. Creating and Working with Snowflake Stream
- Lab 12. Understanding Snowflake Users and Roles
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
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Reviews
I was very pleased with the course setup by ExitCertified and the instructor.
Easy to work with. Learning material pdfs were able to be printed out in color which was very nice to write on.
They are very good and made sure we had all the appropriate materials for class.
The class covered the concepts needed for the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification.
Very interactive and in-depth course that really got me ready for the industry
