Schema:: ACCOUNT_USAGE

FILE_FORMATS view¶

This Account Usage view displays a row for each file format defined in the account.

File formats are named objects that can be used for loading/unloading data. For more information, see CREATE FILE FORMAT.

Columns¶

Column Name	Data Type	Description
FILE_FORMAT_ID	NUMBER	Internal/system-generated identifier for the file format.
FILE_FORMAT_NAME	TEXT	Name of the file format,
FILE_FORMAT_SCHEMA_ID	NUMBER	Internal/system-generated identifier for the schema of the file format.
FILE_FORMAT_SCHEMA	TEXT	Schema that the file format belongs to.
FILE_FORMAT_CATALOG_ID	NUMBER	Internal/system-generated identifier for the database of the file format.
FILE_FORMAT_CATALOG	TEXT	Database that the file format belongs to.
FILE_FORMAT_OWNER	TEXT	Name of the role that owns the file format.
FILE_FORMAT_TYPE	TEXT	File format type of the file format (`CSV`, `JSON`, etc.).
RECORD_DELIMITER	TEXT	Character that separates records.
FIELD_DELIMITER	TEXT	Character that separates fields.
SKIP_HEADER	NUMBER	Number of lines skipped at the start of the file.
DATE_FORMAT	TEXT	Date format.
TIME_FORMAT	TEXT	Time format.
TIMESTAMP_FORMAT	TEXT	Timestamp format.
BINARY_FORMAT	TEXT	Binary format.
ESCAPE	TEXT	String used as the escape character for any field values.
ESCAPE_UNENCLOSED_FIELD	TEXT	String used as the escape character for unenclosed field values.
TRIM_SPACE	BOOLEAN	Whether whitespace is removed from fields.
FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY	TEXT	Character used to enclose strings.
NULL_IF	TEXT	A list of strings to be replaced by null.
COMPRESSION	TEXT	Compression method for the data file.
ERROR_ON_COLUMN_COUNT_MISMATCH	TEXT	Whether to generate a parsing error if the number of fields in an input file does not match the number of columns in the corresponding table.
CREATED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time when the file format was created.
LAST_ALTERED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. See Usage Notes.
DELETED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time when the file format was dropped.
COMMENT	TEXT	Comment for the file format.
OWNER_ROLE_TYPE	TEXT	The type of role that owns the object, for example `ROLE`. . If a Snowflake Native App owns the object, the value is `APPLICATION`. . Snowflake returns NULL if you delete the object because a deleted object does not have an owner role.

Usage notes¶

Latency for the view may be up to 120 minutes (2 hours).

The view only displays objects for which the current role for the session has been granted access privileges.
The view does not recognize the MANAGE GRANTS privilege and consequently may show less information compared to a SHOW command executed by a user who holds the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.
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.