Connecting to Snowflake

You can connect your Snowflake instance to Livedocs from the Data tab in your workspace using either username/password or a service account key.

How to Connect

1. Go to the Data tab in your workspace.
2. Click Connect a Database.
3. In the Database Type dropdown, select Snowflake.
4. Choose your authentication method.
5. Fill in the required fields.
6. Click Connect to Database.

Connection Fields Explained

Common Fields (Both Methods)

• Name – A friendly name for the connection (e.g., Sales Snowflake).
• Account Name – Use either the format org_name-account_name or account_locator.region.
• Database – Name of the Snowflake database you want to connect to.

Option 1: Username and Password

• Username – Your Snowflake username.
• Password – Your Snowflake password.

Option 2: Service Account Key (PEM)

• Service Account Username – The name of the Snowflake user the key belongs to.
• Service Account Key (PEM) – Paste the full PEM-formatted private key contents here.

The service account user must be properly configured in Snowflake with the right roles and permissions to query and (if enabled) write to the database.

Additional Options

• Allow Inserts and Updates – Enable this if you want Livedocs to write data to Snowflake.
• Don’t Have Credentials? – Invite a teammate to connect the database for you by email.

Next Steps:

• Querying Snowflake in SQL Cells
• Managing Data Connections