SEMANTIC_CATEGORY system tag: Allowed values constraint removed¶

The behavior of the SNOWFLAKE.CORE.SEMANTIC_CATEGORY system tag is as follows:

Previously:

You can call the SYSTEM$GET_TAG_ALLOWED_VALUES function to return a list of tag string values to set with the SEMANTIC_CATEGORY tag. The string value that you choose must be one of the values that the system function returns.

Additionally, you can query the Account Usage TAGS view to see the allowed values for the SEMANTIC_CATEGORY tag.

Currently:

When you call the SYSTEM$GET_TAG_ALLOWED_VALUES function and specify the SEMANTIC_CATEGORY tag, Snowflake returns NULL.

You can specify any string value when you set this tag on a column. The tag value is always a string, and the maximum number of characters for the tag value is 256.

When you query the Account Usage TAGS view, the ALLOWED_VALUES column returns NULL for the SEMANTIC_CATEGORY tag.

Ref: 1295