Enable Snowflake Tag Ingestion

Enable your Snowflake tags to be ingested and applied to your Snowflake data sources

To allow Immuta to automatically import table and column tags from Snowflake, enable Snowflake tag ingestion in the external catalog section of the Immuta app settings page.

Requirements

• A configured Snowflake connection
• The Snowflake user configuring the Snowflake tag ingestion must have the following privileges and should be able to access all securables registered as data sources:

  • IMPORTED PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE snowflake
  • APPLY TAG ON ACCOUNT

Enable tag inestion

1. Navigate to the App Settings page.
2. Scroll to 2 External Catalogs, and click Add Catalog.
3. Enter a Display Name and select Snowflake from the dropdown menu.
4. Enter the Account.
5. Enter the Authentication information based on your authentication method:

   1. Username and password: Fill out Username and Password.
   2. Key pair:

      1. Fill out Username.
      2. Click Upload Certificates to enter in the Certificate Authority, Certificate File, and Key File.
      3. Close the modal and opt to enter the Encrypted Key File Passphrase.
6. Enter the additional Snowflake details: Port, Default Warehouse, and Role.
7. Opt to enter the Proxy Host and Proxy Port.
8. Click the Test Connection button.
9. Click the Test Data Source Link.
10. Once both tests are successful, click Save.