Snowflake data source
The Snowflake data source plugin allows you to query and visualize Snowflake data metrics from within Grafana.
Note
This plugin is available on Grafana Cloud and requires a Grafana Enterprise license for self-managed instances.
Supported Snowflake environments
You can use the Snowflake data source plugin with the following Snowflake deployment types:
- Snowflake on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Snowflake on Microsoft Azure
- Snowflake on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Supported features
Get started
To get started with the Snowflake data source plugin, refer to the following topics:
- Configure the Snowflake data source
- Snowflake query editor
- Template variables
- Alerting
- Annotations
- Troubleshooting
Additional features
After configuring the data source, you can:
- Use Grafana Assistant to query your Snowflake data with natural language.
- Add Annotations to overlay event data on your graphs.
- Use Templates and variables to create dynamic, reusable dashboards.
- Apply Transformations to process and combine data.
- Use Explore to query data without building a dashboard.
- Set up Alerting to get notified when metrics exceed thresholds.
Grafana Assistant
You can use Grafana Assistant to explore and query your Snowflake data using natural language. The Assistant discovers the databases, schemas, and tables available in your Snowflake data source, builds and runs SQL queries, and visualizes the results on a dashboard.
To query Snowflake, mention your Snowflake data source with the @ symbol in your prompt. For example:
What tables are available in @snowflake-ds?Show the top 10 longest-running queries from @snowflake-ds over the last 7 days.Query @snowflake-ds for daily credit usage by warehouse this month.
For more information, refer to Grafana Assistant.
Pre-built dashboards
The Snowflake data source plugin includes the following pre-built dashboards:
To import a pre-built dashboard:
- Navigate to Connections in the left-side menu.
- Under Your connections, select Data sources.
- Select the Snowflake data source.
- Select the Dashboards tab.
- Select Import next to the dashboard you want to use.
For more information, refer to Import a dashboard.
Plugin updates
To update the plugin on a self-hosted Grafana instance, refer to Update a plugin.
Note
If you are using Grafana Cloud, plugins are automatically updated to the latest version.
