Learn to build scalable data architecture using Snowflake's unique features through real-world use cases and SQL recipes that unlock data value for business and engineering teamsKey FeaturesLearn core modeling techniques through practical examples using native Snowflake architectureAdopt a universal modeling language to communicate business value to functional teamsGo beyond physical modeling with SQL recipes to transform and shape your Snowflake dataPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionStruggling with rising Snowflake costs and constant tuning? Poorly aligned data models can lead to bloated expenses, inefficient queries, and time-consuming rework. Data Modeling with Snowflake helps you harness the Snowflake Data Cloud's scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive feature set to deliver data solutions faster than ever. This book introduces simple, practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve alongside your projects from concept to code. Rooted in decades of proven database design principles, these frameworks are paired, for the first time, with Snowflake-native objects and real-world examples, offering a two-in-one crash course in theory and direct application. Through real-world examples designed to make learning easy, you ll leverage Snowflake s innovative features like Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, and Change Data Capture (CDC) to create cost-efficient solutions. Whether you're just starting out or refining your architecture, this book will guide you in designing smarter, scaling faster, and cutting costs by aligning timeless modeling principles with the power of Snowflake.What you will learnMaster data modeling fundamentals to get your designs right on the first attempt with time-saving benefitsDiscover Snowflake's cloud-native architecture and unique featuresApply modeling concepts to achieve higher efficiency by leveraging Snowflake architectureGet to grips with modeling concepts like normalization and slowly changing dimensions (SCDs)Read and transform semi-structured data, including hierarchies, using pre-built recipes and examplesExplore organizational frameworks like Data Vault and Data MeshUnderstand the business metrics that drive scalable, cost-effective data projectsWho this book is forWhether building data products or managing a data platform at scale, this book serves any developer who jumped into SQL without first establishing modeling best practices and understanding their effective applications to save time and effort. For analysts or those starting in database design, this book provides practical foundations of data modeling to guide you on your Snowflake data journey. Those new to Snowflake will discover its core features and learn to incorporate them into universal modeling frameworks.

Learn to build scalable data architecture using Snowflake's unique features through real-world use cases and SQL recipes that unlock data value for business and engineering teamsFree with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader*Key FeaturesLearn core modeling techniques through practical examples using native Snowflake architectureAdopt a universal modeling language to communicate business value to functional teamsGo beyond physical modeling with SQL recipes to transform and shape your Snowflake dataPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionStruggling with rising Snowflake costs and constant tuning? Poorly aligned data models can lead to bloated expenses, inefficient queries, and time-consuming rework. Data Modeling with Snowflake helps you harness the Snowflake Data Cloud’s scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive feature set to deliver data solutions faster than ever.This book introduces simple, practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve alongside your projects from concept to code. Rooted in decades of proven database design principles, these frameworks are paired, for the first time, with Snowflake-native objects and real-world examples, offering a two-in-one crash course in theory and direct application.Through real-world examples designed to make learning easy, you’ll leverage Snowflake’s innovative features like Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, and Change Data Capture (CDC) to create cost-efficient solutions. Whether you're just starting out or refining your architecture, this book will guide you in designing smarter, scaling faster, and cutting costs by aligning timeless modeling principles with the power of Snowflake.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase requiredWhat you will learnMaster data modeling fundamentals to get your designs right on the first attempt with time-saving benefitsDiscover Snowflake's cloud-native architecture and unique featuresApply modeling concepts to achieve higher efficiency by leveraging Snowflake architectureGet to grips with modeling concepts like normalization and slowly changing dimensions (SCDs)Read and transform semi-structured data, including hierarchies, using pre-built recipes and examplesExplore organizational frameworks like Data Vault and Data MeshUnderstand the business metrics that drive scalable, cost-effective data projectsWho this book is forWhether building data products or managing a data platform at scale, this book serves any developer who jumped into SQL without first establishing modeling best practices and understanding their effective applications to save time and effort.For analysts or those starting in database design, this book provides practical foundations of data modeling to guide you on your Snowflake data journey.Those new to Snowflake will discover its core features and learn to incorporate them into universal modeling frameworks.

Discover how Snowflake''s unique objects and features can be used to leverage universal modeling techniques through real-world examples and SQL recipesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

Learn core modeling techniques tied to practical examples using native Snowflake architectureAdopt a universal modeling language to communicate business value to functional teamsGo beyond physical modeling with SQL recipes to transform and shape your Snowflake data

Book Description

The Snowflake Data Cloud is one of the fastest-growing platforms for data warehousing and application workloads. Snowflake''s scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive set of features and objects enables you to deliver data solutions quicker than ever before.Yet, we must ensure that these solutions are developed using recommended design patterns and accompanied by documentation that’s easily accessible to everyone in the organization.This book will help you get familiar with simple and practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve with the project from concept to code. These universal principles have helped guide database design for decades, and this book pairs them with unique Snowflake-native objects and examples like never before – giving you a two-for-one crash course in theory as well as direct application.By the end of this Snowflake book, you’ll have learned how to leverage Snowflake’s innovative features, such as time travel, zero-copy cloning, and change-data-capture, to create cost-effective, efficient designs through time-tested modeling principles that are easily digestible when coupled with real-world examples.

What you will learn

Discover the time-saving benefits and applications of data modelingLearn about Snowflake''s cloud-native architecture and its featuresUnderstand and apply modeling techniques using Snowflake objectsUniversal modeling concepts and language through Snowflake objectsGet comfortable reading and transforming semistructured dataLearn directly with pre-built recipes and examplesLearn to apply modeling frameworks from Star to Data Vault

Who this book is for

This book is for developers working with SQL who are looking to build a strong foundation in modeling best practices and gain an understanding of where they can be effectively applied to save time and effort. Whether you’re an ace in SQL logic or starting out in database design, this book will equip you with the practical foundations of data modeling to guide you on your data journey with Snowflake. Developers who’ve recently discovered Snowflake will be able to uncover its core features and learn to incorporate them into universal modeling frameworks.

Learn to build scalable data architecture using Snowflake's unique features through real-world use cases and SQL recipes that unlock data value for business and engineering teamsKey FeaturesLearn core modeling techniques through practical examples using native Snowflake architectureAdopt a universal modeling language to communicate business value to functional teamsGo beyond physical modeling with SQL recipes to transform and shape your Snowflake dataPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionStruggling with rising Snowflake costs and constant tuning? Poorly aligned data models can lead to bloated expenses, inefficient queries, and time-consuming rework. Data Modeling with Snowflake helps you harness the Snowflake Data Cloud's scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive feature set to deliver data solutions faster than ever. This book introduces simple, practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve alongside your projects from concept to code. Rooted in decades of proven database design principles, these frameworks are paired, for the first time, with Snowflake-native objects and real-world examples, offering a two-in-one crash course in theory and direct application. Through real-world examples designed to make learning easy, you ll leverage Snowflake s innovative features like Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, and Change Data Capture (CDC) to create cost-efficient solutions. Whether you're just starting out or refining your architecture, this book will guide you in designing smarter, scaling faster, and cutting costs by aligning timeless modeling principles with the power of Snowflake.What you will learnMaster data modeling fundamentals to get your designs right on the first attempt with time-saving benefitsDiscover Snowflake's cloud-native architecture and unique featuresApply modeling concepts to achieve higher efficiency by leveraging Snowflake architectureGet to grips with modeling concepts like normalization and slowly changing dimensions (SCDs)Read and transform semi-structured data, including hierarchies, using pre-built recipes and examplesExplore organizational frameworks like Data Vault and Data MeshUnderstand the business metrics that drive scalable, cost-effective data projectsWho this book is forWhether building data products or managing a data platform at scale, this book serves any developer who jumped into SQL without first establishing modeling best practices and understanding their effective applications to save time and effort. For analysts or those starting in database design, this book provides practical foundations of data modeling to guide you on your Snowflake data journey. Those new to Snowflake will discover its core features and learn to incorporate them into universal modeling frameworks.

Learn to build scalable data architecture using Snowflake's unique features through real-world use cases and SQL recipes that unlock data value for business and engineering teamsFree with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader*Key FeaturesLearn core modeling techniques through practical examples using native Snowflake architectureAdopt a universal modeling language to communicate business value to functional teamsGo beyond physical modeling with SQL recipes to transform and shape your Snowflake dataPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionStruggling with rising Snowflake costs and constant tuning? Poorly aligned data models can lead to bloated expenses, inefficient queries, and time-consuming rework. Data Modeling with Snowflake helps you harness the Snowflake Data Cloud’s scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive feature set to deliver data solutions faster than ever.This book introduces simple, practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve alongside your projects from concept to code. Rooted in decades of proven database design principles, these frameworks are paired, for the first time, with Snowflake-native objects and real-world examples, offering a two-in-one crash course in theory and direct application.Through real-world examples designed to make learning easy, you’ll leverage Snowflake’s innovative features like Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, and Change Data Capture (CDC) to create cost-efficient solutions. Whether you're just starting out or refining your architecture, this book will guide you in designing smarter, scaling faster, and cutting costs by aligning timeless modeling principles with the power of Snowflake.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase requiredWhat you will learnMaster data modeling fundamentals to get your designs right on the first attempt with time-saving benefitsDiscover Snowflake's cloud-native architecture and unique featuresApply modeling concepts to achieve higher efficiency by leveraging Snowflake architectureGet to grips with modeling concepts like normalization and slowly changing dimensions (SCDs)Read and transform semi-structured data, including hierarchies, using pre-built recipes and examplesExplore organizational frameworks like Data Vault and Data MeshUnderstand the business metrics that drive scalable, cost-effective data projectsWho this book is forWhether building data products or managing a data platform at scale, this book serves any developer who jumped into SQL without first establishing modeling best practices and understanding their effective applications to save time and effort.For analysts or those starting in database design, this book provides practical foundations of data modeling to guide you on your Snowflake data journey.Those new to Snowflake will discover its core features and learn to incorporate them into universal modeling frameworks.

Discover how Snowflake''s unique objects and features can be used to leverage universal modeling techniques through real-world examples and SQL recipesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

Learn core modeling techniques tied to practical examples using native Snowflake architectureAdopt a universal modeling language to communicate business value to functional teamsGo beyond physical modeling with SQL recipes to transform and shape your Snowflake data

Book Description

The Snowflake Data Cloud is one of the fastest-growing platforms for data warehousing and application workloads. Snowflake''s scalable, cloud-native architecture and expansive set of features and objects enables you to deliver data solutions quicker than ever before.Yet, we must ensure that these solutions are developed using recommended design patterns and accompanied by documentation that’s easily accessible to everyone in the organization.This book will help you get familiar with simple and practical data modeling frameworks that accelerate agile design and evolve with the project from concept to code. These universal principles have helped guide database design for decades, and this book pairs them with unique Snowflake-native objects and examples like never before – giving you a two-for-one crash course in theory as well as direct application.By the end of this Snowflake book, you’ll have learned how to leverage Snowflake’s innovative features, such as time travel, zero-copy cloning, and change-data-capture, to create cost-effective, efficient designs through time-tested modeling principles that are easily digestible when coupled with real-world examples.

What you will learn

Discover the time-saving benefits and applications of data modelingLearn about Snowflake''s cloud-native architecture and its featuresUnderstand and apply modeling techniques using Snowflake objectsUniversal modeling concepts and language through Snowflake objectsGet comfortable reading and transforming semistructured dataLearn directly with pre-built recipes and examplesLearn to apply modeling frameworks from Star to Data Vault

Who this book is for

This book is for developers working with SQL who are looking to build a strong foundation in modeling best practices and gain an understanding of where they can be effectively applied to save time and effort. Whether you’re an ace in SQL logic or starting out in database design, this book will equip you with the practical foundations of data modeling to guide you on your data journey with Snowflake. Developers who’ve recently discovered Snowflake will be able to uncover its core features and learn to incorporate them into universal modeling frameworks.