This is a guide to installing the WhereScape Enablement Pack for Snowflake for WhereScape RED

Prerequisites For Snowflake

Before you begin the following prerequisites must be met:

• Create Database and ODBC DSN  :
  • Snowflake (ODBC driver version 2.22.01 or higher(64-bit))
    • At least one schema available to use as a RED Data Warehouse Target
    • Snowflake driver Log Level set to 0 in the Windows Registry and the Snowflake DSN Tracing set to 0
• Software Installations
  • Snowflake SnowSQL (CLI Client)
• Python 3.8 or higher (Tested with 3.8-3.11)
  • Select "Add Python 3.8 to PATH" from the installation Window
  • Pip Manager Install with the command: python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Post Install Steps - Optional

If you used the script 'Setup_Enablement_Pack.ps1' then the following optional post-install steps are available

Configure Connections

There were Three connections added that will optionally require your attention:

1. Connection: 'Snowflake' - This connection was setup as per parameters provided in the installation script 1
   1. open it's properties and check extended properties tab, set it up for SNOWSQL_ACCOUNT and SNOWSQL_WAREHOUSE
2. Connection: 'Database Source System' - this connection was setup as an example source connection,
   • open it's properties and set it up for a source DB in your environment
   • or you can remove it if not required
3. Regenerate Windows Action Scripts for STAGE_DATE_SF and DIM_DATE_SF and start the job Initialize Date Dimension for Snowflake
4. Start Job Initialize Snowsql for Scheduler Account

Enable Script Launcher Toolbar

Several stand-alone scripts provide some features such as "Ranged Loading", these scripts have been added to the Script Launcher menu but you will need to enable the menu toolbar item to see them.
To enable the Script Launcher menu in RED, select View>Toolbars>Script Launcher

Source Enablement Pack Support