Apr 2, 2026: Performance Explorer granular access control¶

Performance Explorer now applies granular access control that aligns visibility with your privileges on warehouses, databases, and Snowflake database roles in the shared SNOWFLAKE database. Snowflake grants the SNOWFLAKE.PERFORMANCE_EXPLORER_PUBLIC_USER application role to the PUBLIC role so that more users can open Performance Explorer; charts and tables show account activity that your roles are allowed to see, and some sections require elevated privileges (such as GOVERNANCE_VIEWER for table-level metrics).

Users who have full account visibility today keep it if any role granted to them is ACCOUNTADMIN, has IMPORTED PRIVILEGES on the SNOWFLAKE database, or has the SNOWFLAKE.PERFORMANCE_EXPLORER_USER application role.

Privilege changes can take a few hours to appear in Performance Explorer.

For more information, see Required privileges for Performance Explorer.