One of the many appeals of using Snowflake for me, is the user interface in the browser, which allows not only to perform many admin tasks, but also to poke around data. Yet, that legacy environment, while the envy of many competitors (Hi Redshift and BigQuery!), is still lacking many features necessary to perform analytical tasks, most notably the visualization aspects: no graph possible. Nevertheless, pursuing its vision towards becoming a one stop shop data cloud, Snowflake introduced in June 2020 a free preview for an exciting feature: Snowsight.
Snowsight originates from Snowflake’s first acquisition in March 2019, Numeracy. the goal is to enhance the experience by easing data exploration, SQL coding and provide visualization, still within the browser. I have to say, while this is still a preview, it is already very compelling… Let’s take a quick tour after selecting the preview from your regular Snowflake browser UI:
