\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{cabanasj486} \pdfinfo{ /Title (snowflake-snowpro-core.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (cabanasj486) /Subject (Snowflake SnowPro Core Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{006D8F} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{EFF5F8} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Snowflake SnowPro Core Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{cabanasj486} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/192752/cs/40080/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}cabanasj486 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/cabanasj486} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 6th September, 2023.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What is Snowflake?}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Snowflake is a Data Solution provided as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). {\bf{It's not available on-premise}}. It combines a new SQL query engine with an innovative architecture natively designed for the cloud.% Row Count 5 (+ 5) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Use cases}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Snowflake is optimal as Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Exchange, Data Apps, Data Science, and Data Engineering.% Row Count 3 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Snowflake Use Cases}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/cabanasj486_1693329996_Captura de Pantalla 2023-08-29 a las 19.26.05.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.6 cm} x{6.4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Capacity Options}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{On-Demand} & Fixed rate for the consumed services \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Pre-paid} & Cheaper, but commitment to Snowflake \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Micro-partitions}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{All data in Snowflake tables are automatically divided into micro-partitions, contiguous units of storage between 50 and 500MB of uncompressed data, organized in a columnar way. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 4) They are immutable, meaning they cannot be changed once created.% Row Count 6 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pruning process}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Technique to analyze the smallest number of micro-partitions to solve a query. It retrieves all the necessary data to give a solution without looking at all the micro-partitions, saving a lot of time to return the result. \{\{link="https://plazagonzalo.medium.com/road-to-snowflake-snowpro-core-certification-micro-partitions-965b97612409\#4ac1"\}\}You can find a real example here\{\{/link\}\}% Row Count 8 (+ 8) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.16 cm} x{5.84 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Load Data}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Bulk Load & Loading batches of data from files already available at any stage into Snowflake tables \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Continuous} Load & Load small volumes of data (micro-batches) and incrementally make them available for analysis. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other Concepts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Parnet Connect & Technology \& Solution partners \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Compliance & HITRUST / HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, FedRAMP Moderate, PCI-DSS, etc \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Data Marketplace & For providers to buy or sell their datasets. Free, Personalized, and Paid Listings \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Column Level Security & Dynamic Data Masking \& External Tokenization \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.44 cm} x{6.56 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sequences}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Use case & Generate unique numbers across sessions and statements \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{nextval}} & Function to generate a set of distinct values \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{File Formats}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Structured Data & CSV. 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