Snowflake

Live Online (VILT) & Classroom Corporate Training Course

The course is intended for key stakeholders who will be working on the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform.
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Overview

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

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Objectives

At the end of Snowflake training course, participants will be able to

  • Illustrate the unique and differentiated architecture of the Snowflake 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 Snowflakes method for continuous data protection
  • Scale your Virtual Warehouse for performance and concurrency
  • Explain the different ways you can manage and monitor your Snowflake account
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Prerequisites

Previous Data Warehouse knowledge is assumed

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Course Outline

  • Snowflake Technical Overview
  • Cloud Services Layer
  • Compute Layer
  • Storage Layer

  • Data Loading
  • Unloading
  • Best Practices

  • Query Constructs
  • Data Description Language (DDL)
  • Data Manipulation Language (DML)

  • SQL Support and Query Best Practices
  • SQL Analytic Functions
  • High Performing Estimation Functions
  • UDF and Stored Procedure
  • Demo Query Profile

  • Data Encryption
  • Authentication
  • Role-Based Access Control

  • Capabilities and Best Practices for working with semi-structured data in Snowflake

  • Caching Features in Snowflake
  • Best Practices of using caching for performance and cost optimization

  • Snowflake Clients and Connectors Overview
  • SnowSQL – Snowflake CLI

  • Time Travel in Snowflake
  • Cloning in Snowflake

  • Snowflake Data Sharing Overview

  • Query Profile
  • Micro-Partitions & Data Clustering
  • Scaling a Virtual Warehouse

  • System Resource Usage and Billing
  • Managing Virtual Warehouses
  • Workload independence and segmentation
  • Monitoring Tool: Resource Monitors
  • Monitoring Tools: Information Schema and Account Usage
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Testimonials