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

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "View",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A Snowflake view",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the view"
    },
    "secure": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether or not this view is secure"
    },
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Kind of the view, permanent (default) or temporary"
    },
    "recursive": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether or not this view can refer to itself using recursive syntax withot requiring a CTE (common table expression)"
    },
    "columns": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The columns of the view"
    },
    "comment": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "user comment associated to an object in the dictionary"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Query used to create the view"
    },
    "created_on": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Date and time when the view was created."
    },
    "database_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Database in which the view is stored"
    },
    "schema_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Schema in which the view is stored"
    },
    "owner": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Role that owns the view"
    },
    "owner_role_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of role that owns the view"
    }
  }
}