What is Snowflake Data Sharing
Managing data from various platforms can be a challenging. Snowflake Data Sharing is a powerful solution that enables you to merge your Element451 data with information from other platforms, providing a comprehensive view of the entire student lifecycle like never before.
What is Snowflake?
Snowflake is a cutting-edge, cloud-based data warehousing platform designed to handle large-scale data processing and analytics. With its unique architecture, Snowflake separates storage and compute, allowing for unmatched scalability and performance. It empowers higher education institutions to manage diverse datasets efficiently and gain valuable insights from their data.
Element451 utilizes Snowflake to store data for analysis, model data and provide it to our Insights dashboards. If your institution is also utilizing Snowflake as your data platform, or if you want to access the same power and convenience, the Data Sharing is right for you.
Note: Snowflake is a non-affiliated, third party.
How does Data Sharing work?
Element451 Partners can consume data via Snowflake Data Sharing in two ways.
Direct Share (Recommended)
Direct Share requires your institution to have it's own Snowflake account. In this scenario, Element451 will share data directly to your institution's Snowflake account. Element451's shared database will appear in your warehouse and you'll be able to query shared data immediately, using your account's compute resources.
Reader Account
In this scenario, your institution does not have a Snowflake account. Element451 will provide a reader account for you to use. Once accessed, you'll be able to query your data using Element451's account compute resources, or move your data to another warehouse of your choosing.
Learn more about Snowflake and Secure Data Sharing on the Snowflake documentation site.
Benefits of Data Sharing
Data Across Platforms: Bring all of your data together in one place, either in Snowflake or by sending shared data from Snowflake to your prefered data warehouse.
Informed Decision-Making: With a comprehensive view of the student journey, institutions can make data-driven decisions to enhance student success, retention, and engagement. Understanding student behavior throughout their academic journey is crucial for tailoring support and services.
Pre-built Models: In addition to un-modeled JSON objects, Element451 provides pre-built data models within the share. These models also power Insights dashboards.
Real-Time Analytics: Data sharing in Snowflake is nearly real-time, providing access to the most current information. This immediacy is invaluable for tracking your critical performance metrics.
Cost Efficiency: While duplicating data from Snowflake to another data warehouse is possible, it isn't necessary. Snowflake's architecture enables sharing from Element451's account to your's without storage costs to you.
Data Security and Compliance: Snowflake's robust security features ensure that data remains protected and access is controlled. Data Providers can enforce granular access controls, safeguarding sensitive information.
Scalability and Performance: Snowflake's cloud-native architecture allows seamless scaling of resources, ensuring optimal performance even during peak data processing periods.
Adding Snowflake Data Share to your Contract
Data sharing is a premium feature. Speak to your institution's Element451 Captain or and Element451 Customer Success Manager to add this feature.
Data Dictionary
Consult our Integrations Guide for comprehensive documentation of all data available through Snowflake Data Sharing.