Schemas:: ACCOUNT_USAGE

SEMANTIC_VIEWS view¶

This ACCOUNT_USAGE view displays a row for each semantic view in the account.

See also:: SEMANTIC_VIEWS view (Information Schema)

Columns¶

Column name	Data type	Description
`semantic_view_id`	NUMBER	Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the semantic view.
`semantic_view_name`	VARCHAR	Name of the semantic view.
`semantic_view_schema_id`	NUMBER	Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the schema that the semantic view belongs to.
`semantic_view_schema_name`	VARCHAR	Schema that the semantic view belongs to.
`semantic_view_database_id`	NUMBER	Internal, Snowflake-generated identifier for the database that the semantic view belongs to.
`semantic_view_database_name`	VARCHAR	Database that the semantic view belongs to.
`owner`	VARCHAR	Name of the role that owns the semantic view.
`created`	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Creation time of the semantic view.
`last_altered`	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation.
`deleted`	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. See `Usage Notes`_.
`comment`	VARCHAR	Comment for the semantic view.

Usage notes¶

Latency for the view can be up to 120 minutes (2 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.

Examples¶

Retrieve the semantic view O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW in the database MY_DB:

SELECT * FROM SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE.SEMANTIC_VIEWS
  WHERE semantic_view_name = 'O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW'
    AND semantic_view_database_name = 'MY_DB';

+------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+---------+
| SEMANTIC_VIEW_ID | SEMANTIC_VIEW_NAME   | SEMANTIC_VIEW_SCHEMA_ID | SEMANTIC_VIEW_SCHEMA_NAME | SEMANTIC_VIEW_DATABASE_ID | SEMANTIC_VIEW_DATABASE_NAME | OWNER           | CREATED                       | LAST_ALTERED                  | DELETED | COMMENT |
|------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+---------|
|               49 | O_TPCH_SEMANTIC_VIEW |                      92 | MY_SCHEMA                 |                         7 | MY_DB                       | DYOSHINAGA_ROLE | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.002 -0800 | 2025-02-28 16:16:04.589 -0800 | NULL    | NULL    |
+------------------+----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+---------+