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Key information about Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification (COF-C03)
- Multiple choice
associate (intermediate)
Through the Snowflake Continuing Education (CE) program, including eligible Instructor-Led Training Courses or earning an equivalent or higher-level SnowPro Certification.
At least 6 months of experience using the Snowflake platform; familiarity with basic ANSI SQL. Assumes knowledge of cloud fundamentals and basic SQL syntax.
Professionals with six months of practical, hands-on experience in the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, capable of developing and managing secure, scalable Snowflake solutions.
2 years
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Domain 1: Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features and Architecture
Subdomain 1.1: Describe and use the Snowflake architecture
• Cloud Services layer • Compute layer • Database Storage layer • Compare and contrast the different Snowflake editions
Subdomain 1.2: Use Snowflake Interfaces and tools
• Snowsight • Snowflake CLI • IDE integrations (e.g., Visual Studio Code)
Subdomain 1.3: Differentiate Snowflake object hierarchy and types
• Organization and account objects • Database objects - Stages - Schemas - Tables - Views - User-Defined Functions (UDFs) - File formats - Stored procedures - Pipes - Shares - Sequences - ML models - Applications • Session and context variables - Parameter hierarchy - Parameter precedence
Subdomain 1.4: Configure virtual warehouses
• Types - Snowpark Optimized - Standard (Gen 1 and Gen 2) - Default warehouse for Notebooks* (Feature will not be tested until it’s globally GA) • Scaling policies • Warehouse type and configurations based on use cases - Ad-hoc queries - Data loading - BI and reporting • Best practices - Sizing (up, down) - Scaling (in, out) - Auto-Suspend - Workloads - Different teams - High concurrency - Complex queries
Subdomain 1.5: Explain Snowflake storage concepts
• Micro-partitions • Data clustering • Table types - Permanent - Temporary - Transient - Apache Iceberg TM - External - Dynamic • Views types - Standard - Materialized - Secure
Subdomain 1.6: Explain AI/ML and application development features
• Snowflake Notebooks • Streamlit in Snowflake • Snowpark • Snowflake Cortex - AI SQL functions - Cortex Search - Cortex Analyst • Snowflake ML
Domain 2: Account Management and Data Governance
Subdomain 2.1: Explain Snowflake security model and principles
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) • Securable object hierarchy • Discretionary access control (DAC) • Network Policies • Authentication - Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) - Federated Authentication - Single Sign-on (SSO) - OAuth - Key-pair authentication • System-defined roles • Functional roles - Account roles - Database roles - Custom roles • Secondary roles • Account identifiers • Logging and tracing
Subdomain 2.2: Define data governance features and how they are used
• Data masking - Row-level security - Column-level security • Object tagging • Privacy policies • Trust Center • Encryption key management • Alerts • Notifications • Data replication and failover • Data lineage
Subdomain 2.3: Explain monitoring and cost management
• Resource Monitors - Cost and warehouse monitoring • Calculating virtual warehouse credit usage • ACCOUNT_USAGE schema
Domain 3: Data Loading, Unloading, and Connectivity
Subdomain 3.1: Perform data loading and unloading
• File formats • Create and use stages - Internal stages - External stages - Server-side encryption - Directory tables • COPY INTO command • Error handling options
Subdomain 3.2: Perform automated data ingestion
• Snowpipe • Snowpipe streaming • Streams • Tasks • Dynamic tables • Openflow (Feature will not be tested until it’s globally GA)
Subdomain 3.3: Identify the different Snowflake Connectors and integrations
• Snowflake drivers • Snowflake connectors • Storage integration • API integration • Git integration
Domain 4: Performance Optimization, Querying, and Transformation
Subdomain 4.1: Evaluate query performance
• Query Performance Tuning - Query Profile/Query insights - Bytes spilled to storage - Inefficient pruning - Exploding joins - Queuing • SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE views (Snowflake database views) - Query attribution - Query history • Workload management best practices - Grouping similar workloads
Subdomain 4.2: Optimize query performance
• Query acceleration service • Search optimization service • Clustering keys • Materialized views
Subdomain 4.3: Use Snowflake caching
• Query result cache • Metadata cache • Warehouse cache
Subdomain 4.4: Perform data transformation techniques
• Using data - Structured - Semi-structured - Unstructured • Aggregate functions • Applying SQL for query optimization • Window functions
Domain 5: Data Collaboration
Subdomain 5.1: Explain data collaboration and protection
• Data replication and failover • Secure data sharing features • Cloning • Time Travel • Fail-safe
Subdomain 5.2: Explain Snowflake's data sharing capabilities
• Accounts - Provider - Consumer - Reader accounts • Secure Data Sharing • Sharing and resharing • Direct shares • Data clean rooms
Subdomain 5.3: Share data using the Snowflake Marketplace and listings
• Snowflake Marketplace • Listings - Private - Public • Native Apps
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