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title: "Snowflake Databases"
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# Snowflake Databases

### Introduction

These types of datasources represent the connection to a Snowflake database schema.

### Properties

This type of datasource has the following properties:

Key Pair Authentication

The Key Pair authentication option shown below is available in version 3.6.5 and later. We recommended all users upgrade to this as single factor password sign-ins are being deprecated by [Snowflake](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/security-mfa-rollout).

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of this datasource. This does not have to be the name of the database schema in Snowflake. |
| Authentication Type | 'Key Pair' or 'Username / Password' |
| Username | The username to use to connect with. |
| Password | The password to use to connect with. *Only available when Authentication Type = 'Username / Password'*. |
| Private Key | The private key to use to connect with. *Only available when Authentication Type = 'Key Pair'*. |
| Private Key Password | The password/passphrase for the private key (optional). *Only available when Authentication Type = 'Key Pair'*. Please avoid special characters, in particular these: ; ' " = And do not use an empty/blank password for an encrypted certificate. |
| Account Identifier | The name of the Snowflake account to connect to. |
| Database | The name of the database to connect to in Snowflake . |
| Schema | The name of the database schema to connect to in Snowflake . |
| Warehouse | The name of the data warehouse to use in Snowflake. If not supplied the default will be used for the user. |
| Role | The user role. If not supplied the default will be used for the user. |