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Data & Analytics · Intermediate

Secure Data Sharing

Snowflake's capability to share live, read-only database objects with other accounts without copying or moving data.

Definition

Providers create a share and grant objects to it, and consumers create a database from the share. Consumers pay only for the compute they use, and data stays current. Cross-region and cross-cloud sharing requires replication or listings with auto-fulfillment. Shared views must be secure views.

Example

CREATE SHARE sales_share; GRANT SELECT ON TABLE sales.public.orders TO SHARE sales_share;

Exam tip

No data is copied in direct sharing; the consumer pays for compute and the provider pays for storage.

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