Snowflake Source¶

Configure Snowflake as a source for your data transfers in Pontoon.

Prerequisites¶

Before configuring Snowflake as a destination, ensure you have:

Snowflake Account: Active Snowflake account with appropriate permissions
Warehouse: Snowflake warehouse for compute resources
Schema: Target schema within the database
User Credentials: Username and password
Network Access: Network connectivity to Snowflake

Configuration¶

Connection Details¶

Parameter	Description	Required	Example
`account`	Snowflake account identifier	Yes	`xy12345.us-east-1`
`warehouse`	Snowflake warehouse name	Yes	`PONTOON_WH`
`user`	Snowflake username	Yes	`PONTOON_USER`
`password`	Snowflake password	Yes	`your_password`

Setup Instructions¶

Step 1: Create Snowflake Resources¶

Create Warehouse¶

-- Create a warehouse for Pontoon
CREATE WAREHOUSE PONTOON_WH
  WAREHOUSE_SIZE = 'X-SMALL'
  AUTO_SUSPEND = 60
  AUTO_RESUME = TRUE
  MIN_CLUSTER_COUNT = 1
  MAX_CLUSTER_COUNT = 1;

Create Database and Schema¶

-- Create database for customer data
CREATE DATABASE CUSTOMER_DATA;

-- Use the database
USE DATABASE CUSTOMER_DATA;

-- Create schema for raw data
CREATE SCHEMA RAW_DATA;

Create User and Role¶

-- Create role for Pontoon
CREATE ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;

-- Create user for Pontoon
CREATE USER PONTOON_USER
  PASSWORD = 'your_secure_password'
  DEFAULT_ROLE = PONTOON_ROLE
  DEFAULT_WAREHOUSE = PONTOON_WH;

-- Grant warehouse usage
GRANT USAGE ON WAREHOUSE PONTOON_WH TO ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;

-- Grant database and schema permissions
GRANT USAGE ON DATABASE CUSTOMER_DATA TO ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;
GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA CUSTOMER_DATA.RAW_DATA TO ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;

-- Grant table creation permissions
GRANT CREATE TABLE ON SCHEMA CUSTOMER_DATA.RAW_DATA TO ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;

-- Grant data loading permissions
GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA CUSTOMER_DATA.RAW_DATA TO ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;
GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON FUTURE TABLES IN SCHEMA CUSTOMER_DATA.RAW_DATA TO ROLE PONTOON_ROLE;

-- Assign role to user
GRANT ROLE PONTOON_ROLE TO USER PONTOON_USER;

Step 2: Configure Pontoon¶

Navigate to Sources → New Source
Select Snowflake as the source type
Enter connection details:
Click Test Connection to verify
Click Save to create the source