Industry
general
Skills
data-wrangling
batch-etl
approach
Tools
snowflake
Learning Objectives
Understand the data ingestion process in Snowflake
Familiarize yourself with file formats and COPY options in Snowflake
Understand the data unloading process in Snowflake
Differentiate how data unloading differs for different types of stages
Understand the working of different tables in Snowflake
Overview
Vinay, a Data Engineer at GlobalMart, was tasked with loading and unloading data into Snowflake from an external cloud storage area. Since he was new to Snowflake, he sought guidance from Rahul, the Senior Architect.
Through their conversation, Vinay learned about stages, COPY INTO, PUT, and GET commands, as well as key file formats and COPY options. Rahul also emphasized the importance of choosing the right table type for optimized data management and performance in Snowflake.
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of Snowflake Data Architecture
- Knowledge of Snowflake Object Hierarchy
- Familiarity with at least one data platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)