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SnowExporter v1.3 — Describe your export in plain English.

The Create Data Export wizard gets a 🤖 AI assist input. Type one sentence; the wizard fills itself in. Powered by Snowflake Cortex, so your data stays inside your Snowflake account.

Get it on the Marketplace See v1.2 release notes (Slack + Teams)
How it works

One sentence in, a complete scheduled export out.

You type:

"Email me the top 10 customers by revenue every Monday at 9 AM Eastern."

Cortex (currently mistral-large) extracts and returns:

  • The SQL query, using only the tables in the database and schema you selected before opening the AI panel
  • The schedule as a cron expression plus an IANA timezone string
  • The delivery mode — email body, email download link, Slack channel, Microsoft Teams channel, internal stage, or external cloud destination
  • The recipients and destination, matched against the channels and destinations you've already configured under Settings → Notifications and Settings → Export destinations

The wizard pre-fills the SQL and shows you a recap card with the suggested schedule and delivery channel. You review every field before clicking Schedule. Nothing is auto-submitted, and you can edit any field — the AI's output is a starting point, not a decision.

Different from Snowsight Copilot

Copilot writes SQL. We write the whole job.

Snowsight Copilot writes SQL. SnowExporter's AI writes the SQL plus extracts the cron expression, timezone, delivery channel, recipients, and destination — turning a one-sentence ask into a complete scheduled export, not just a query you still have to wire up by hand.

Requirements & access

Who gets the AI assist.

Snowflake Cortex must be enabled on your account

Cortex is available on paid Snowflake accounts. If your account doesn't have Cortex enabled — including most trial Snowflake accounts — the AI panel renders an explainer and the manual wizard continues to work normally. Nothing breaks; the AI input simply isn't available.

SnowExporter Pro (or Trial) only

AI assist is a Pro-tier feature. Free-plan users see an upgrade card in place of the input. The manual wizard remains fully available on all tiers — Free users can still create exports, just without the one-sentence shortcut.

Your data never leaves your Snowflake account

Cortex runs server-side inside Snowflake, just like the rest of SnowExporter. The text prompt and the inferred SQL never traverse a third-party server. The same boundary that protects your query results protects your AI prompts.

What hasn't changed

Same architecture, same trust posture.

  • The three account-level privileges remain the only three requested
  • Per-destination role enforcement is still policy-only — runtime enforcement is on the roadmap
  • Email body delivery still capped at 50 rows per send
  • App state still in backend_schema, survives snow app upgrade from any earlier version
  • Slack, Teams, and email channels (added in v1.2) continue to work exactly as configured

v1.3 is live on the Snowflake Marketplace.

Existing v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2 installs auto-upgrade — your destinations, channels, schedules, and audit history carry over.

Get it on the Marketplace Product overview