Snowflake SnowPro Specialty: Gen AI (GES-C02) Lessons
15 lessons, one per exam-guide subdomain, in the order the guide teaches them. Every claim is cited to the official documentation.
Domain 1: Snowflake for Gen AI Overview
2 lessons · 18% of the exam
1.1Snowflake Cortex AI Features: AI Functions, Fine-tuning, Cortex Search and Cortex Analyst
Subdomain 1.1: Define Snowflake’s Gen AI principles and features.
2 pages · 20 min read
1.2Cortex Search, Embeddings, CKEs and Cortex Analyst
Subdomain 1.2: Outline Gen AI capabilities in Snowflake.
2 pages · 22 min read
Domain 2: Snowflake Gen AI Functions
5 lessons · 38% of the exam
2.1Cortex AI_COMPLETE, Structured Outputs and Task-Specific AI Functions
Subdomain 2.1: Apply AI functions in Snowflake.
2 pages · 28 min read
2.2Unstructured Data Analysis in Snowflake: AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT, AI_EXTRACT, Cortex Search and Multimodal AI
Subdomain 2.2: Perform data analysis given a use case.
2 pages · 23 min read
2.3Cortex chat apps: privileges and multi-turn COMPLETE calls
Subdomain 2.3: Build or interact with interfaces to chat with data in Snowflake.
2 pages · 18 min read
2.4Cortex AI Functions in SQL and Python Pipelines
Subdomain 2.4: Apply Snowflake Cortex functions in data pipelines.
2 pages · 18 min read
2.5Run Third-Party Models in Snowflake: SPCS and Model Registry
Subdomain 2.5: Run third-party models in Snowflake.
18 min read
Domain 3: Snowflake Gen AI Governance
4 lessons · 29% of the exam
3.1Cortex Model Access: Privileges, Allowlist and Model RBAC
Subdomain 3.1: Set up model access controls.
2 pages · 18 min read
3.2Cortex AI Functions Privileges: USE AI FUNCTIONS, CORTEX_USER and Scoped Database Roles
Subdomain 3.2: Grant and revoke Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and privileges.
2 pages · 20 min read
3.3Cortex Cost Drivers: Tokens, Search Indexing and Serving, Agents and Analyst
Subdomain 3.3: Manage, monitor, and optimize Snowflake Cortex costs.
2 pages · 19 min read
3.4Tracing and Logging AI Apps with TruLens and the AI Observability Event Table
Subdomain 3.4: Use Snowflake AI observability tools.
2 pages · 23 min read
Domain 4: Snowflake Document Processing
4 lessons · 15% of the exam
4.1AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT: OCR vs LAYOUT, page_split and page limits
Subdomain 4.1: Use document parsing functions.
2 pages · 21 min read
4.2Staging and Uploading Documents for Snowflake AI Document Functions
Subdomain 4.2: Prepare and manage documents and implement extracting workflows.
17 min read
4.3Streams for Detecting New Documents on a Snowflake Stage
Subdomain 4.3: Build automated document processing pipelines with Cortex AI integration.
2 pages · 19 min read
4.4Troubleshooting AI_EXTRACT: Errors, Privileges, Cost and Fine-Tuning
Subdomain 4.4: Troubleshoot and optimize document processing.
17 min read