Defining Snowflake Tables

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
	Physical Name	Specifies the physical name of the table
	Database	Specifies the database of the table
	Schema	Specifies the schema under which the table is created.
	Use Replace Syntax	Specifies whether the CREATE OR REPLACE syntax is used during DDL generation.	Selecting this option replaces the existing object with the newly generated DDL during forward engineering.
	If Not Exists	Specifies that if the table already exists, no exception is thrown, and no action happens
	Table Type	Specifies the table type	External Table: Indicates that the selected table type is external and the table's data is stored in an external data source Dynamic Table: Indicates that the selected table type is dynamic Dynamic Iceberg Table: Specifies a table type that integrates with Apache Iceberg and supports dynamic, real-time data ingestion and querying Iceberg Table: Specifies a table format based on the Apache Iceberg open table standard, optimized for large-scale analytic workloads Hybrid Table: Indicates a Snowflake-native table type that supports both OLTP (transactional) and OLAP (analytical) operations. This enables New Non-Unique Index option in the index editor. You can define Unique Indexes and Non-Unique Indexes for Hybrid Tables. Hybrid Table As Select: Specifies a table type to create a hybrid table using a SQL SELECT statement
	Physical Only	Specifies whether the table appears only in the physical model
	Generate	Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the table during forward engineering
General	Name	Specifies the complete name of the table
Physical Name	Specifies the physical entity name of the table
Harden Strategy	Specifies the name of the hardening strategy for a table	Inherit: Indicates to adopt the existing naming conventions established by your organization Override: Indicates that the existing naming conventions are overwritten with the new one Harden: Indicates that the naming conventions are hardened across the organization
Table Type	Specifies the table type	Permanent: Specifies a standard table that persists until explicitly dropped Temporary: Specifies a session-specific table that is dropped at the end of the session Local Temporary: Indicates a temporary table visible only within the current session and not shared across sessions Global Temporary: Specifies a temporary table definition that is shared, but data is session-specific Volatile: Indicates a table that exists only for the duration of the session and is not recoverable Transient: Specifies a table that persists beyond the session but does not support fail-safe recovery
Data Retention Time (In Days)	Specifies the number of days for which historical data can be accessed using SELECT, CLONE, or UNDROP
DEFAULT_DDL_COLLATION	Specifies the default collation for all columns in the table
Copy Grants	Specifies whether the access privileges from the original table are retained when a new table is created
Like Table	Specifies the table from which the new table must use column definitions
Clone Table	Specifies whether to create a new table with the same structure and data as the source table, without copying the data
At or Before	Specifies whether to use Time Travel to clone the table at or before a specific point
Time Type	Specifies the time reference type used for Time Travel cloning
Point	Specifies the point at or before which the table must be cloned
Additional Options	Cluster By	Specifies one or more columns or column expressions in the table as the clustering key
Max Data Extension Time In Days	Specifies the maximum number of days the data can be retained on the dynamic tables
Row Access Policy	Specifies the row-level access policy applied to the table
Row Access Policy Columns	Specifies the columns associated with the row access policy
Columns	Specifies the columns used to apply row-level security rules based on user roles or attributes
Stage Format Options	Use Existing File Format	Specifies whether an existing file format should be used for loading or unloading data.
Stage File Format Type	Specifies the type of files to load or unload into the table	CSV JSON AVRO ORC PARQUET XML Depending on the format that you set, other corresponding properties are available.
Stage Copy Options	Action On Error (while Copy)	Specifies the action to be performed when an error occurs during data loading	Continue: Specifies that the copy operation should proceed even if errors occur Skip File: Indicates that the file should be skipped entirely if any error is encountered Skip File with Statement Error: Indicates that the file is skipped and an error is raised for the statement. Abort Statement: Specifies that the entire copy operation should stop immediately upon encountering an error
Copy Size Limit	Specifies the maximum size (in bytes) of data to be loaded for a COPY statement
Purge After Copy	Specifies whether data files must be purged automatically after data is successfully loaded
Return Failed Only	Specifies whether only the files that failed to load are returned in the statement result
Enforce Length	Specifies whether text strings that exceed the target column length must be truncated
Match By Column Name	Specifies whether to load semi-structured data into columns in the target table that match corresponding columns represented in the data	Case Sensitive: Specifies that column names in the source file must exactly match the case of the target table columns Case Insensitive: Specifies that column names are matched regardless of letter casing None: Indicates that columns are matched by position rather than by name
Truncate Columns	Specifies whether text strings that exceed the target column length must be truncated
Force Load (Reload) All Files	Specifies whether all files must be loaded, irrespective of whether they have been loaded previously and have not changed since they were loaded
External Table Options	External Stage Type	Specifies the external stage name	Applicable only when the Table Type is set to External Table Amazon AWS: Specifies that the external data source is located in an Amazon S3 bucket Microsoft Azure: Specifies that the external data source is located in an Azure Blob Storage container Google GCP: Specifies that the external data source is located in a Google Cloud Storage bucket
External Stage Location	Specifies the external stage where the files containing data to be read are staged
Integration	Specifies the integration service used to connect to Microsoft Azure for external table access
Refresh On Create	Specifies whether the external table metadata must be automatically refreshed after the external table is created
Auto Refresh	Specifies whether the external table metadata is automatically refreshed when new or updated data files are available in the specified external stage
Pattern	Specifies a regular expression pattern string, enclosed in single quotes, specifying the file names and/or paths on the external stage to match
Table Format	Specifies the format of the external table
Partition By	Specifies any partition columns to evaluate for the external table
Column	Specifies the name of the partition column
Dynamic Table/Dynamic Iceberg Table Properties (Available only when the Table Type is set to Dynamic Table)	Target Lag	Specifies the maximum amount of time the dynamic table's content can be delayed after updates to the source tables
Warehouse	Specifies the name of the warehouse for refreshing dynamic tables
Refresh Mode	Specifies refresh modes for dynamic tables	Auto: Indicates that the system applies an incremental refresh rate by default. This is the default mode. Full: Indicates that the system applies a complete refresh of the dynamic tables Incremental: Indicate that the system applies an incremental refresh of the dynamic tables
Initialize	Specifies the behavior of the initial refresh of dynamic tables	On Create: Indicates that the dynamic tables are refreshed at creation On Schedule: Indicates that the dynamic tables are refreshed at the next scheduled refresh
Require User	Specifies whether user identity is required for accessing or modifying tables
Query	Specifies the query for dynamic tables
External Volume	Specifies the external storage location used for managing dynamic table data	Available only when the Table Type is set to Dynamic Iceberg Table
Catalog	Specifies the metadata service used to register and manage table schema and structure
Base Location	Specifies the root path within the external volume where the dynamic or Iceberg table data is stored
Iceberg Table Options (Applicable only when the Table Type is set to Iceberg Table)	Iceberg Catalog	Specifies the catalog used to manage Iceberg tables	Ensure that you select the appropriate Iceberg Catalog type. If no catalog is selected, erwin DM displays all catalog-specific fields. In such cases, configure only the relevant properties to avoid errors during DDL generation. SNOWFLAKE: Indicates that the Iceberg table is fully managed within Snowflake’s native catalog AWS Glue: Indicates that the Iceberg table metadata is managed using AWS Glue Data Catalog Iceberg Files: Indicates that the Iceberg table metadata is directly accessed from file-based storage Delta: Indicates compatibility with Delta Lake format, allowing Delta tables to be queried as Iceberg tables Iceberg REST: Indicates that the Iceberg table is accessed via a REST-based Iceberg catalog service
External Volume	Specifies the external storage volume used for managing table data
Catalog	Specifies the name of the catalog service used to register and manage the table schema
Base Location	Specifies the root path within the external volume where Iceberg table data is stored	Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake or Delta
Catalog Sync	Specifies whether synchronization with the catalog is enabled	Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake
Storage Serialization Policy	Specifies the policy used for serializing storage data	Compatible: Indicates that the aggregation policy maintains compatibility with existing aggregation logic Optimized: Indicates that the aggregation policy is designed to improve performance through optimized aggregation techniques Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake
Change Tracking	Specifies whether change tracking is enabled for the table	Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake
Aggregation Policy	Specifies the policy applied for data aggregation	Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake
Catalog	Specifies the name of the catalog
Catalog Table Name	Specifies the name of the table as registered in the external catalog	Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue or Iceberg REST
Catalog Namespace	Specifies the namespace within the catalog where the table is organized	Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue or Iceberg REST
Replace Invalid Characters	Specifies whether invalid characters in names or paths should be automatically replaced	Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue, Iceberg Files, Delta or Iceberg REST
Auto Refresh	Specifies whether automatic metadata refresh is enabled for the catalog table	Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue, Delta or Iceberg REST
Metadata File Path	Specifies the file path to the metadata files associated with the catalog table	Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to Iceberg Files
Contact	Specifies the contact details associated with the table or catalog entry
Hybrid Table As Select (Available only when Table Type is set to Hybrid Table As Select)	Select Statement	Specifies the SQL SELECT statement used to define the structure and data of the hybrid table
Tags List	Name	Specifies the name of the tag
Value	Specifies the value of the available tag

Physical Name

Specifies the physical name of the table

Database

Specifies the database of the table

Schema

Specifies the schema under which the table is created.

Use Replace Syntax

Specifies whether the CREATE OR REPLACE syntax is used during DDL generation.

Selecting this option replaces the existing object with the newly generated DDL during forward engineering.

If Not Exists

Specifies that if the table already exists, no exception is thrown, and no action happens

Table Type

Specifies the table type

External Table: Indicates that the selected table type is external and the table's data is stored in an external data source

Dynamic Table: Indicates that the selected table type is dynamic

Dynamic Iceberg Table: Specifies a table type that integrates with Apache Iceberg and supports dynamic, real-time data ingestion and querying

Iceberg Table: Specifies a table format based on the Apache Iceberg open table standard, optimized for large-scale analytic workloads

Hybrid Table: Indicates a Snowflake-native table type that supports both OLTP (transactional) and OLAP (analytical) operations. This enables New Non-Unique Index option in the index editor.

You can define Unique Indexes and Non-Unique Indexes for Hybrid Tables.

Hybrid Table As Select: Specifies a table type to create a hybrid table using a SQL SELECT statement

Physical Only

Specifies whether the table appears only in the physical model

Generate

Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the table during forward engineering

General

Name

Specifies the complete name of the table

Physical Name

Specifies the physical entity name of the table

Harden Strategy

Specifies the name of the hardening strategy for a table

Inherit: Indicates to adopt the existing naming conventions established by your organization

Override: Indicates that the existing naming conventions are overwritten with the new one

Harden: Indicates that the naming conventions are hardened across the organization

Table Type

Specifies the table type

Permanent: Specifies a standard table that persists until explicitly dropped

Temporary: Specifies a session-specific table that is dropped at the end of the session

Local Temporary: Indicates a temporary table visible only within the current session and not shared across sessions

Global Temporary: Specifies a temporary table definition that is shared, but data is session-specific

Volatile: Indicates a table that exists only for the duration of the session and is not recoverable

Transient: Specifies a table that persists beyond the session but does not support fail-safe recovery

Data Retention Time (In Days)

Specifies the number of days for which historical data can be accessed using SELECT, CLONE, or UNDROP

DEFAULT_DDL_COLLATION

Specifies the default collation for all columns in the table

Copy Grants

Specifies whether the access privileges from the original table are retained when a new table is created

Like Table

Specifies the table from which the new table must use column definitions

Clone Table

Specifies whether to create a new table with the same structure and data as the source table, without copying the data

At or Before

Specifies whether to use Time Travel to clone the table at or before a specific point

Time Type

Specifies the time reference type used for Time Travel cloning

Point

Specifies the point at or before which the table must be cloned

Additional Options

Cluster By

Specifies one or more columns or column expressions in the table as the clustering key

Max Data Extension Time In Days

Specifies the maximum number of days the data can be retained on the dynamic tables

Row Access Policy

Specifies the row-level access policy applied to the table

Row Access Policy Columns

Specifies the columns associated with the row access policy

Columns

Specifies the columns used to apply row-level security rules based on user roles or attributes

Stage Format Options

Use Existing File Format

Specifies whether an existing file format should be used for loading or unloading data.

Stage File Format Type

Specifies the type of files to load or unload into the table

CSV

JSON

AVRO

ORC

PARQUET

XML

Depending on the format that you set, other corresponding properties are available.

Stage Copy Options

Action On Error (while Copy)

Specifies the action to be performed when an error occurs during data loading

Continue: Specifies that the copy operation should proceed even if errors occur

Skip File: Indicates that the file should be skipped entirely if any error is encountered

Skip File with Statement Error: Indicates that the file is skipped and an error is raised for the statement.

Abort Statement: Specifies that the entire copy operation should stop immediately upon encountering an error

Copy Size Limit

Specifies the maximum size (in bytes) of data to be loaded for a COPY statement

Purge After Copy

Specifies whether data files must be purged automatically after data is successfully loaded

Return Failed Only

Specifies whether only the files that failed to load are returned in the statement result

Enforce Length

Specifies whether text strings that exceed the target column length must be truncated

Match By Column Name

Specifies whether to load semi-structured data into columns in the target table that match corresponding columns represented in the data

Case Sensitive: Specifies that column names in the source file must exactly match the case of the target table columns

Case Insensitive: Specifies that column names are matched regardless of letter casing

None: Indicates that columns are matched by position rather than by name

Truncate Columns

Specifies whether text strings that exceed the target column length must be truncated

Force Load (Reload) All Files

Specifies whether all files must be loaded, irrespective of whether they have been loaded previously and have not changed since they were loaded

External Table Options

External Stage Type

Specifies the external stage name

Applicable only when the Table Type is set to External Table

Amazon AWS: Specifies that the external data source is located in an Amazon S3 bucket

Microsoft Azure: Specifies that the external data source is located in an Azure Blob Storage container

Google GCP: Specifies that the external data source is located in a Google Cloud Storage bucket

External Stage Location

Specifies the external stage where the files containing data to be read are staged

Integration

Specifies the integration service used to connect to Microsoft Azure for external table access

Refresh On Create

Specifies whether the external table metadata must be automatically refreshed after the external table is created

Auto Refresh

Specifies whether the external table metadata is automatically refreshed when new or updated data files are available in the specified external stage

Pattern

Specifies a regular expression pattern string, enclosed in single quotes, specifying the file names and/or paths on the external stage to match

Table Format

Specifies the format of the external table

Partition By

Specifies any partition columns to evaluate for the external table

Column

Specifies the name of the partition column

Dynamic Table/Dynamic Iceberg Table Properties
(Available only when the Table Type is set to Dynamic Table)

Target Lag

Specifies the maximum amount of time the dynamic table's content can be delayed after updates to the source tables

Warehouse

Specifies the name of the warehouse for refreshing dynamic tables

Refresh Mode

Specifies refresh modes for dynamic tables

Auto: Indicates that the system applies an incremental refresh rate by default. This is the default mode.

Full: Indicates that the system applies a complete refresh of the dynamic tables

Incremental: Indicate that the system applies an incremental refresh of the dynamic tables

Initialize

Specifies the behavior of the initial refresh of dynamic tables

On Create: Indicates that the dynamic tables are refreshed at creation

On Schedule: Indicates that the dynamic tables are refreshed at the next scheduled refresh

Require User

Specifies whether user identity is required for accessing or modifying tables

Query

Specifies the query for dynamic tables

External Volume

Specifies the external storage location used for managing dynamic table data

Available only when the Table Type is set to Dynamic Iceberg Table

Catalog

Specifies the metadata service used to register and manage table schema and structure

Base Location

Specifies the root path within the external volume where the dynamic or Iceberg table data is stored

Iceberg Table Options

(Applicable only
when the Table Type
is set to Iceberg Table)

Iceberg Catalog

Specifies the catalog used to manage Iceberg tables

Ensure that you select the appropriate Iceberg Catalog type. If no catalog is selected, erwin DM displays all catalog-specific fields. In such cases, configure only the relevant properties to avoid errors during DDL generation.

SNOWFLAKE: Indicates that the Iceberg table is fully managed within Snowflake’s native catalog

AWS Glue: Indicates that the Iceberg table metadata is managed using AWS Glue Data Catalog

Iceberg Files: Indicates that the Iceberg table metadata is directly accessed from file-based storage

Delta: Indicates compatibility with Delta Lake format, allowing Delta tables to be queried as Iceberg tables

Iceberg REST: Indicates that the Iceberg table is accessed via a REST-based Iceberg catalog service

External Volume

Specifies the external storage volume used for managing table data

Catalog

Specifies the name of the catalog service used to register and manage the table schema

Base Location

Specifies the root path within the external volume where Iceberg table data is stored

Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake or Delta

Catalog Sync

Specifies whether synchronization with the catalog is enabled

Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake

Storage Serialization Policy

Specifies the policy used for serializing storage data

Compatible: Indicates that the aggregation policy maintains compatibility with existing aggregation logic

Optimized: Indicates that the aggregation policy is designed to improve performance through optimized aggregation techniques

Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake

Change Tracking

Specifies whether change tracking is enabled for the table

Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake

Aggregation Policy

Specifies the policy applied for data aggregation

Available only when Iceberg Catalog is set to Snowflake

Catalog

Specifies the name of the catalog

Catalog Table Name

Specifies the name of the table as registered in the external catalog

Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue or Iceberg REST

Catalog Namespace

Specifies the namespace within the catalog where the table is organized

Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue or Iceberg REST

Replace Invalid Characters

Specifies whether invalid characters in names or paths should be automatically replaced

Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue, Iceberg Files, Delta or Iceberg REST

Auto Refresh

Specifies whether automatic metadata refresh is enabled for the catalog table

Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to AWS Glue, Delta or Iceberg REST

Metadata File Path

Specifies the file path to the metadata files associated with the catalog table

Available only when Iceberg Catalog set to Iceberg Files

Contact

Specifies the contact details associated with the table or catalog entry

Hybrid Table As Select
(Available only when Table Type is set to Hybrid Table As Select)

Select Statement

Specifies the SQL SELECT statement used to define the structure and data of the hybrid table

Tags List

Name

Specifies the name of the tag

Value

Specifies the value of the available tag