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Snowflake Data Analyst Training

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Course Description:

This 2-day role specific course covers how to explore, load, visualize and extract insights from the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform. This course will consist of lecture, labs, and discussions.

Format

Instructor-Led
Topic

Length

Course Outline

Snowflake Architecture and Overview
• Snowflake Overview
• Architecture 101 & ecosystem
• How to use the Snowflake UI

Data Movement
• Ingesting new data into Snowflake Tables
• Working with various SQL Data Types
• Discussing streaming data & using external data lakes
• Ingestion best practices

Querying Data with SQL
• View the Schema
• Filtering data examples & best practices
• Sorting data & performance considerations
• Commonly used functions
• Save & export data output
• Time Travel queries

Query Caching Performance Features
• Result set cache
• Metadata cache
• Query data cache
• Best practices of using caching for performance and cost optimization

Performing Data Analytic Tasks
• Using Snowflakes high-performing approximation and estimation features
• Join and Union queries & tuning techniques
• Perform advanced analytic tasks using additional SQL querying capabilities including subqueries, common table expressions, and analytic functions.

Using Snowflakes SQL Extensibility Features
• User-defined functions
• Stored Procedures
• Regular Views & Secured Views

Working with Semi-Structured Data
• Data source formats
• Support of native data types
• SQL Operations (Grouping, Sorting & more)
• Built-in functions for traversing, flattening, and nesting of semi-structured data

Visualizing Data
• Connecting a BI Tool to Snowflake
• Exploring & Visualizing data outside of Snowflake

Course Objectives

In this class, you will learn:

  • Overview of Snowflake key features & architecture
  • Perform advanced and high-performing data analytic tasks
  • Load and work with new datasets
  • Review key SQL extensibility features
  • Query and inspect data using SQL core constructs
  • Employ best practices for working with semi-structured data
  • Discuss query caching performance capabilities
  • Visualizing data outside of Snowflake

Target Audience

Data Analysts/Business Intelligence users should attend this course.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of SQL is required.

Inclusions

With CCS Learning Academy, you’ll receive:

  • Instructor-led training
  • Training Seminar Student Handbook
  • Collaboration with classmates (not currently available for self-paced course)
  • Real-world learning activities and scenarios
  • Exam scheduling support*
  • Enjoy job placement assistance for the first 12 months after course completion.
  • This course is eligible for CCS Learning Academy’s Learn and Earn Program: get a tuition fee refund of up to 50% if you are placed in a job through CCS Global Tech’s Placement Division*
  • Government and Private pricing available.*

*For more details call: 858-208-4141 or email: training@ccslearningacademy.com; sales@ccslearningacademy.com

 

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