Snowflake Object Model

Learning Objectives

Understand Snowflake's hierarchical object model.

Understand the difference between account-level and schema-level objects.

Learn how roles and permissions control object access.

Recognize the role of parent-child object relationships in access management.

Overview

Vinay, a Data Engineer at GlobalMart, had recently transitioned to working with Snowflake, a cloud-based data platform. However, this transition presented a challenge to him.

He was familiar with the database and schema hierarchy of traditional systems, but he wondered if Snowflake followed the same structure or had its own unique approach to organizing objects. To clarify his doubts, he approached Rahul, the Senior Architect.

Let's learn about Snowflake's object model through their conversation.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the three layers of Snowflake Architecture