Snowflake Fundamentals

Description

This 4-day course covers the fundamental concepts, design considerations, and best practices intended for key stakeholders who will be working on the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform. The course will consist of lecture, demos, and labs on a wide range of foundational topics.

Objectives

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• •Illustrate the unique and differentiated architecture of the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform
• •Load and transform data
• •Evaluate Query Constructs and DDL & DML Operations
• •Review Snowflakes broad SQL support for data analysis
• •Describe how user and application access can be easily managed
• •Demonstrate best practices for working with semi-structured data
• •Discuss how Snowflake provides a unique approach to caching Examine the various ways to connect and interact with the Snowflake Platform
• •Employ Snowflake's method for continuous data protection
• •Utilize Data Sharing to send your data in real-time to Customers and Partners
• •Scale your Virtual Warehouse for performance and concurrency
• •Explain the different ways you can manage and monitor your Snowflake account

Prerequisites

Setup Requirements

• •to bring a laptop
• •a Snowflake compatible browser (see options HERE)

Audience

• •Data Analysts
• •Data Engineers
• •Data Scientists
• •Database Architects
• •Database Administrators