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This guide covers how to:
  1. Enable change tracking on a Snowflake table
  2. Check if a Snowflake table has change tracking enabled

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Requirements

  • You have a Snowflake account with data loaded in a table.
  • You have a Snowflake user account with OWNERSHIP privilege for the table.
1

Enable change tracking on a Snowflake table

Enable change tracking on a Snowflake table by running the following SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE <table_name> SET CHANGE_TRACKING = TRUE;
You must run this statement with the role that is the owner of the table.
2

Check if a Snowflake table has change tracking enabled

To check if a table has change tracking enabled, use the following query:
SHOW TABLES LIKE '<table_name>';
This statement returns:
+--------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
|   name       | automatic_clustering | change_tracking | search_optimization | search_optimization_progress |
+--------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
| <table_name> | OFF                  | ON              | OFF                 |                              |
+--------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
Then you can see if change_tracking is ON or OFF.