CREATE VIEW
In this section, you will find information about BigQuery Create Views and their Snowflake equivalent.
Grammar Syntax
Click here to go to the BigQuery specification for this syntax.
Simple case
BigQuery
Snowflake
With View Column Name Option
The 'view column name' option is employed to append metadata to a column name. In BigQuery, the 'description' option is used for attaching metadata to a column name, whereas in Snowflake, the 'comment' option serves the same purpose.
BigQuery
Snowflake
With Options clause
The option clause will be commented because it is not compatible with Snowflake except for the description and labels options that can be transformed.
BigQuery
Snowflake
Description Option
The description option is employed to append metadata to a view, whereas in Snowflake, the 'comment' option serves the same purpose.
BigQuery
Snowflake
Labels Option
In BigQuery the labels associated with a view can be used to organize and group tables in the database administrative environment, in Snowflake the Tags can be used for the same functionality. But to ensure that the tag exists, SnowConvert will add the corresponding CREATE TAG before the CREATE VIEW if it contains labels.
BigQuery
Snowflake
Related EWIs
MSC-BQ0004: The OPTIONS clause within View is not supported in Snowflake when it contains the following options.
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