Create Snowflake connection

To create a connection to your system, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Settings  > Data Ingestion > Connections.
2. In the top-right corner, click New connection, find your system, and click Connect.

General configuration

In the general connection configuration step:

1. Nameyour connection for easier identification in Dawiso.
   • Use a unique and descriptive name like the combination of the server name and your local environment naming (e.g., server1_prod).
2. Provide a description (purpose of the connection).
3. Select a Connection type.
   • Shared: Source is accessible from the public internet and you can share your credentials with Dawiso.
   • Private: Source is not accessible from the public internet and you cannot share your credentials with Dawiso. For more information, see the Create a private connection article.
4. Click Next.

Host configuration

In the host configuration step, provide the following information:

1. Host Name: The host name of your Snowflake instance. You can use one of the following formats:
   • DNS name (e.g., myaccount.snowflakecomputing.com)
   • IP address (e.g., 100.100.100.100)
2. Warehouse name: The name of the Snowflake warehouse that will be used to execute metadata extraction queries. This warehouse must be active and have sufficient resources.
3. Authentication credentials:
   1. User Name: Your Snowflake user with permissions to connect to the server. To set up a user with sufficient permissions, refer to Prepare for Snowflake integration.
   2. Password: Valid password to your login. (Passwords will be only valid until the key-pair authentication migration completes in November 2025)
   3. Passphrase: Passphrase to your encrypted private key.
   4. Private key: Encrypted private key that was created in this step: Get ready for Snowflake key pair authentication.

Optional and additional settings

[Optional steps] Configure Optional and Additional Settings for your connection:

• Optional settings: Specify options supported by the provider in JSON format.
• Additional Settings: Recommended to leave empty unless our Dawiso support team suggests otherwise. Here, you can add a JSON formatted list of additional settings for troubleshooting or advanced connection configuration.

When adding optional settings, make sure the value is in a valid JSON.

Test and save connection

If your connection is shared, click on Test connection and wait for a few seconds.

• If successful, there will be a green checkmark next to the button.
• In case of failure, there will be a red error icon. Hover over it for a detailed error message. For more information, see the troubleshooting section. You will still be able to save your connection.

Finally, Save the connection and proceed to the next step: using the connection to create a data source. During this process, you will specify what metadata to ingest.