BACKUP_SETS view¶

This Information Schema view provides information on backup sets.

Columns¶

Column name	Data type	Description
BACKUP_SET_NAME	VARCHAR	Name of the backup set.
BACKUP_SET_SCHEMA	VARCHAR	Schema that the backup set belongs to.
BACKUP_SET_CATALOG	VARCHAR	Database that the backup set belongs to.
OBJECT_KIND	VARCHAR	Type of object that the backup set is backing up.
OBJECT_NAME	VARCHAR	Name of object that the backup set is backing up.
OBJECT_SCHEMA	VARCHAR	Name of schema that contains the object that is backed up by this backup set.
OBJECT_CATALOG	VARCHAR	Name of database that contains the object that is backed up by this backup set.
BACKUP_POLICY_NAME	VARCHAR	Name of backup policy attached to this backup set.
BACKUP_POLICY_SCHEMA	VARCHAR	Name of the schema that contains the backup policy.
BACKUP_POLICY_CATALOG	VARCHAR	Name of the database that contains the backup policy.
OWNER	VARCHAR	Name of the role that owns the backup set.
OWNER_ROLE_TYPE	VARCHAR	Type of role that owns the backup set. Account role or Database role.
CREATED	TIMESTAMP	Date and time when the backup set was created.
LAST_ALTERED	TIMESTAMP	Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. See Usage Notes.
COMMENT	VARCHAR	Comment for the backup set.

Latency for the view may be up to 180 minutes (3 hours).
The LAST_ALTERED column is updated when the following operations are performed on an object:
- DDL operations.
- DML operations (for tables only). This column is updated even when no rows are affected by the DML statement.
- Background maintenance operations on metadata performed by Snowflake.