Is there a template database for BI about sales and inventory in Snowflake?
- How-Tos FAQs
- October 17, 2021
Leverage the Snowflake marketplace to find a template database for BI about sales and inventory in Snowflake
Answer: Yes, there is.
The Snowflake marketplace, a part of the Snowflake data cloud, enables its customers to access actual, live data samples and datasets from verified providers.
Snowflake marketplace has data products in commerce, economy, energy, inventory, etc.
But first… Getting datasets are the first thing but modeling and wrangling is the inevitable second.
Datameer, a pre-built modeling tool with robust capabilities and an easy-to-use interface, makes this easy.
With Datameer, you can easily model your Snowflake datasets and achieve a shorter time to market.
Sounds interesting?
You can simply navigate the Snowflake marketplace and get a free sample of your interested database.
Here’s a brief step-by-step guide on achieving this:
- Log on to your Snowflake console.
- Log on to your Snowsight interface. Navigate to the Snowflake marketplace in the menu bar
- Browse the marketplace products and categories for your preferred choice.
- The Snowflake marketplace has two tiers of listings, Standard and Premium. With the standard/free listings, you can gain instant access to the dataset.
However, with premium data listings, you have to make a formal request to the providers. Subsequently, the sales team will reach out to you to discuss pricing and terms and, on an agreement, grant you access to their dataset. 
Voila..that’s it!
In just a few mins, you can find a template database for BI about sales and inventory in Snowflake. Consumers can get from thinking about finding data sample datasets to instantly querying them in just a few minutes.
Other sites worth exploring are Kaggle, careerfoundry, data.org, etc.
