Snowflake · Schema

View

A Snowflake view

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Properties

Name Type Description
name string Name of the view
secure boolean Whether or not this view is secure
kind string Kind of the view, permanent (default) or temporary
recursive boolean Whether or not this view can refer to itself using recursive syntax withot requiring a CTE (common table expression)
columns array The columns of the view
comment string user comment associated to an object in the dictionary
query string Query used to create the view
created_on string Date and time when the view was created.
database_name string Database in which the view is stored
schema_name string Schema in which the view is stored
owner string Role that owns the view
owner_role_type string The type of role that owns the view
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JSON Schema

snowflake-view-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/View",
  "title": "View",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A Snowflake view",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the view",
      "example": "Example Title"
    },
    "secure": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether or not this view is secure",
      "example": true
    },
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "PERMANENT",
        "TEMPORARY"
      ],
      "description": "Kind of the view, permanent (default) or temporary",
      "example": "PERMANENT"
    },
    "recursive": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether or not this view can refer to itself using recursive syntax withot requiring a CTE (common table expression)",
      "example": true
    },
    "columns": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ViewColumn"
      },
      "description": "The columns of the view",
      "example": []
    },
    "comment": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "user comment associated to an object in the dictionary",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Query used to create the view",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "created_on": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Date and time when the view was created.",
      "example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    },
    "database_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Database in which the view is stored",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "schema_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Schema in which the view is stored",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "owner": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Role that owns the view",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "owner_role_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "The type of role that owns the view",
      "example": "example_value"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name",
    "columns",
    "query"
  ]
}

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