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Loading data using snowflake’s web interface

Loading data using snowflake’s web interface - Snowflake Tutorial

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Loading data using snowflake’s web interface

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Another powerful way of ingesting data into Snowflake is by using one of the various options within Snowflake's web interface. In this video, we'll specifically cover how to ingest data from a local file directly into a table in Snowflake. But don't worry, you'll get a glimpse of all of the available options within your account shortly. Using the web interface is ideal when you have data that is ready to load and you need a quick and straightforward way of loading it into Snowflake. This might be something you do for an initial data migration, periodic data updates, or maybe one-off uploads. What's great is that Snowflake supports a variety of different file formats, and the UI is a fast way of getting data into Snowflake without having to worry too much about the format of the file. For example, Snowflake easily handles CSV, JSON, Parquet, XML, and many other file formats. But Snowflake can go even further. If you're loading data that's been compressed, Snowflake can also handle…

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