# Snowflake Horizon

Use [Snowflake's contacts](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/contacts-using) to configure the access request links with data in Snowflake and provide data consumers with a button to request access from [Snowsight in Universal Search](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/ui-snowsight-universal-search) results. You may also opt to add the access request links to the data object descriptions.

## Requirements

* [Snowflake connection registered in Immuta](/saas/configuration/integrations/snowflake/how-to-guides/connect-snowflake.md)
* A Snowflake user with the following privileges:
  * Privileges to create a [Snowflake contact](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/contacts-using) at the schema level:
    * `CREATE CONTACT` on the schema that will contain the contact
    * `USAGE` on the schema and the parent database
  * Privileges to [add a contact to an object](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/contacts-using#associate-a-contact-with-an-object). You must have **at least one** of the following:
    * `APPLY CONTACT` on the account: this allows for an admin to manage associations across your Snowflake account.
    * `APPLY` on the specific contact **and** `OWNERSHIP` of the object: this allows for object owners to control the contact associations for their own objects.
* [OBJECT\_VISIBILITY (private preview feature) enabled in Snowflake](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2025/other/2025-10-01-object-visibility)

## Set up object visibility

Alter the object visibility of your Snowflake objects so that they can be found for access requests. Run the following in Snowflake:

```
ALTER DATABASE {database name}
SET OBJECT_VISIBILITY =
$$
organization_targets:
  - all_accounts_including_external
$$;
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
It can take up to three hours for object visibility to take effect.
{% endhint %}

## Set up access request links

1. Follow the Snowflake documentation to [Create a contact](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/contacts-using#create-a-contact) for each individual data object you want data consumers to be able to request access for. Configure the contact with the following:
   * **Communication method**: Choose **URL**.
   * **URL**: Insert the [access request link](/saas/request/configure/how-to-guides/configure-access-request-links.md#access-request-links) for the asset.
2. Follow the Snowflake documentation to [Associate each contact](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/contacts-using#associate-a-contact-with-an-existing-object) you created with its corresponding data object.

{% hint style="info" %}
After completing the initial setup, add configuring the access request links to your data engineering pipelines.
{% endhint %}


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