View

Snowflake Documentation

Represents a view in Snowflake, which is a virtual table created by a stored query on the data. Views are used to simplify complex queries, improve security, or enhance performance.

Examples

Python

view = View(
    name="some_view",
    owner="SYSADMIN",
    secure=True,
    as_="SELECT * FROM some_table"
)

YAML

views:
  - name: some_view
    owner: SYSADMIN
    secure: true
    as_: "SELECT * FROM some_table"

Fields

• name (string, required) - The name of the view.

• owner (string or Role) - The owner role of the view. Defaults to "SYSADMIN".
• secure (bool) - Specifies if the view is secure.

• volatile (bool) - Specifies if the view is volatile.

• recursive (bool) - Specifies if the view is recursive.

• columns (list) - A list of dictionaries specifying column details.

• tags (dict) - A dictionary of tags associated with the view.

• change_tracking (bool) - Specifies if change tracking is enabled.

• copy_grants (bool) - Specifies if grants should be copied from the base table.

• comment (string) - A comment for the view.

• as_ (string) - The SELECT statement defining the view.