Overview
The SnowPro® Core Certification Training is designed to equip professionals with a thorough understanding of the Snowflake Data Cloud. This course covers essential topics such as data loading and transformation, virtual warehouse performance, DDL and DML operations, and managing semi-structured data. Participants will gain the skills necessary to design, develop, and manage secure, scalable Snowflake solutions that drive business objectives.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Prerequisites
- At least 6 months of experience using Snowflake.
- Familiarity with basic data warehousing concepts and SQL.
Course Outline
- Snowflake architecture and key features.
- Overview of the Snowflake user interface.
- Methods for data loading and unloading.
- Best practices for data transformation.
- Performance optimization strategies.
- Managing concurrency and workload.
- Executing DDL (Data Definition Language) queries.
- Executing DML (Data Manipulation Language) queries.
- Handling JSON, XML, and other semi-structured data formats.
- Using Snowflake’s VARIANT data type.
- Implementing cloning and time travel.
- Data sharing techniques.
- Setting up and managing account structures.
- Security best practices and compliance.