Select a type of database from the list and click
Apply.

Property Type

Select the way the connection details
will be set.

• Built-In: The connection details will be set
  locally for this component. You need to specify the values for all
  related connection properties manually.

• Repository: The connection details stored
  centrally in Repository > Metadata will be reused by this component. You need to click
  the […] button next to it and in the pop-up
  Repository Content dialog box, select the
  connection details to be reused, and all related connection
  properties will be automatically filled in.

This property is not available when other connection component is selected
from the Connection Component drop-down list.

Connection Component

Select the component that opens the database connection to be reused by this
component.

Account

In the Account field, enter, in double quotation marks, the account name
that has been assigned to you by Snowflake.

User Id and Password

Enter, in double quotation marks, your authentication
information to log in Snowflake.

• In the User ID field, enter, in double quotation
  marks, your login name that has been defined in Snowflake using the LOGIN_NAME parameter of Snowflake.
  For details, ask the administrator of your Snowflake system.

• To enter the password, click the […] button next to the
  password field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes
  and click OK to save the settings.

Warehouse

Enter, in double quotation marks, the name of the
Snowflake warehouse to be used. This name is case-sensitive and is normally upper
case in Snowflake.

Enter, within double quotation marks, the name of the
database schema to be used. This name is case-sensitive and is normally upper case
in Snowflake.

Database

Enter, in double quotation marks, the name of the
Snowflake database to be used. This name is case-sensitive and is normally upper
case in Snowflake.

Table

Click the […] button and in the displayed wizard, select the Snowflake
table to be used.

Schema and Edit Schema

A schema is a row description. It defines the number of fields
(columns) to be processed and passed on to the next component. When you create a Spark
Job, avoid the reserved word line when naming the
fields.

Built-In: You create and store the schema locally for this component
only.

Repository: You have already created the schema and stored it in the
Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and Job designs.

If the Snowflake data type to
be handled is VARIANT, OBJECT or ARRAY, while defining the schema in the
component, select String for the
corresponding data in the Type
column of the schema editor wizard.

Click Edit
schema to make changes to the schema. If the current schema is of the Repository type, three options are available:

• View schema: choose this
  option to view the schema only.

• Change to built-in property:
  choose this option to change the schema to Built-in for local changes.

• Update repository connection:
  choose this option to change the schema stored in the repository and decide whether
  to propagate the changes to all the Jobs upon completion. If you just want to
  propagate the changes to the current Job, you can select No upon completion and choose this schema metadata
  again in the Repository Content
  window.

Note that if the input value of any non-nullable primitive
field is null, the row of data including that field will be rejected.

This
component offers the advantage of the dynamic schema feature. This allows you to
retrieve unknown columns from source files or to copy batches of columns from a source
without mapping each column individually. For further information about dynamic schemas,
see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

This
dynamic schema feature is designed for the purpose of retrieving unknown columns of a
table and is recommended to be used for this purpose only; it is not recommended for the
use of creating tables.

Manual query

Select this check box and in the Full SQL query string field, enter, within double
quotation marks, the query statement to be executed. For information about the
Snowflake SQL commands, see SQL Command Reference.

Condition

Enter, in double quotation marks, the boolean expression
to be used to filter data from your Snowflake table. This expression is actually
used as WHERE clause in the SELECT query run by tSnowflakeInput.

Specify additional connection properties for the database connection you are
creating. The properties are separated by semicolon and each property is a key-value
pair, for example, encryption=1;clientname=Talend.

This field is available only when you
select Use this Component from the Connection Component drop-down list and select
Internal from the Storage drop-down list in the Basic settings view.

For more information on Snowflake Region
ID, see Supported Regions.

Specify the timeout period (in minutes)
of Snowflake login attempts. An error will be generated if no response is received
in this period.

Tracing

Select the log level for the Snowflake JDBC driver. If
enabled, a standard Java log is generated.

Role

Enter, in double quotation marks, the default access
control role to use to initiate the Snowflake session.

This role must already exist and has been granted to the
user ID you are using to connect to Snowflake. If this field is left empty, the
PUBLIC role is automatically granted. For information about Snowflake access control
model, see Understanding the Access Control
Model.

Select this check box to convert lowercase in the defined
table name and schema column names to uppercase. Note that unquoted
identifiers should match the Snowflake Identifier Syntax.

If you deselect the check box, all identifiers are
automatically quoted.

This property is not available when you select the
Manual Query check box.

For more information on the Snowflake Identifier Syntax,
see Identifier Syntax.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at the Job level
as well as at each component level.

NB_LINE

The number of rows processed. This is an After variable and it returns an integer.

ERROR_MESSAGE

The error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After
variable and it returns a string.

Usage rule

This component is start component of a data flow in your Job. It sends data to
other components via a Row link.