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Connect to Snowflake

Let's configure the Snowflake Data Cloud connection properties to connect to Snowflake.

Before you begin

Before you get started, you'll need to get information from your Snowflake account based on the authentication type that you want to configure.
The following video shows you how to get the information you need:
Snowflake authentication prerequisites video.https://infa.media/3wyECYZ
Check out Prepare for authentication to learn more about the authentication prerequisites.

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Type
Snowflake Data Cloud
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
Select a Secure Agent or a Hosted Agent.

Authentication types

You can configure standard and authorization code authentication types to access Snowflake. Key pair and client credentials authentication types are not applicable.
Select the required authentication method and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.