Glossary

A

Account Setup Scripts

The scripts that are downloaded from and must be run on each of your Accounts, starting with non-host accounts. The account setup scripts appear next to each of your accounts pulled into after running the Data Sharing Script.

B

Business Organization (Level 1)

The highest level in your organizational hierarchy (e.g., Sales, Marketing, etc.). Any Account(s) assigned at the Business Organization level are inherited by all business units within that Business Org.

Business Unit (Level 2)

The second level in your organizational hierarchy (e.g., Large Enterprise Sales, Brand Marketing, etc.). does not have a limit on the number of Business Units configured, however every Business Unit must map back to a single Business Organization.

C

Cluster Count Maximum

Specifies the maximum number (1-10) of warehouses for a multi-cluster warehouse. For a single warehouse this value is always 1.

Cluster Count Minimum

Specifies the minimum number of warehouses for a multi-cluster warehouse (1-10).

D

Dashboards

Real-time, filterable visualizations used to analyze trends.

Data Set

The information Slingshot analyzes to populate visualizations on dashboards.

Data Sharing Script

Gathers the Organization Usage and Account Usage tables from your designated Host account. The script is the first of two deployment scripts downloaded from to enable access to .

E

Enterprise Identity Providers

integrates with your identity provider to enable SSO authentication. supports the following enterprise providers: Active Directory / LDAP, ADFS, Azure Active Directory Native, Google Workspace, OpenID Connect, Okta, PingFederate, SAML, and Azure Active Directory.

Environment Tag

Customizable identifiers for specific warehouse environments, such as Dev, QA, or Prod, defined during configuration and applied to each warehouse template.

F

First Approver

The first gatekeeper for approving warehouse provisioning requests for each Business Org and Business Unit.

H

Host Account

The designated account that connects your data to . Any changes to the Host account requires redeployment of the Data Sharing and Account Setup scripts.

M

Managed

Warehouses with an active schedule and it’s assigned to a Business org or Business Unit.

O

Organization Admin

The manager for warehouses assigned for each Business Org and Business Unit.

Organizational Hierarchy

Slingshot is configured to fit the way your team operates by mapping your existing accounts to each line of business. Currently, supports two hierarchical levels called Business Organization (Level 1) and Business Unit (Level 2).

R

Reports

A snapshot of information generated for deeper analysis based on your selections.

Example: A list of costliest warehouse queries

S

Scaling Policy

Specifies the policy for automatically starting and shutting down warehouses in a multi-cluster warehouse running in auto-scale mode (standard/economy).

Second Approver

The second gatekeeper for approving warehouse provisioning requests for each Business Org and Business Unit.

Account Identifiers

The Snowflake-assigned identifier for each account (e.g.,\<account_identifier\>.snowflakecomputing.com). maps your account identifiers to Business Orgs.

T

Tag

A group (category) plus a value (an item in the category) equals a Slingshot tag.

Example: Tag: Fraud: check

Fraud is the group, and check is the value.

Tag Group

A category or bucket containing one or more tag values. Groups organize data with shared themes or characteristics.

Tag Value(s)

An item within a tag group. A value must be part of a tag group.

Template Name

A unique identifier defined for each warehouse template during deployment.

Tenant

A logically isolated group of users who share common access requirements with specific privileges.

Tenant Admin

The central point of contact for the customer responsible for configuring 's connection to , creating organizational hierarchy, mapping roles and existing warehouses to organizations, and creating warehouse parameter templates.

W

Warehouse Owner

The requester and manager for warehouses assigned for each Business Org and Business Unit

Warehouse Parameters

Customizable warehouse rules that correspond to Warehouse Parameters applied to each warehouse template during configuration.

Warehouse Prefix

Optional customizable prefixes that can be added to warehouses within , e.g. Sales, Dev, etc. Prefixes cannot contain any spaces or special characters.

Warehouse Request Status

Warehouse requests have a state of Approved (accepted and applied), Declined (denied), or Pending (awaiting approval).

Warehouse Size Max

The maximum warehouse size allowed when provisioning new warehouses using . Parameter applied to each warehouse template during configuration. Note: The size determines the amount of compute resources in each warehouse and therefore, the number of credits consumed while the warehouse is running. Sizes correspond to sizes, range from XSMALL to X4LARGE.

Warehouse Size Min

The minimum warehouse size allowed when provisioning new warehouses using . Parameter applied to each warehouse template during configuration. Note: The size determines the amount of compute resources in each warehouse and therefore, the number of credits consumed while the warehouse is running. Sizes correspond to sizes, range from XSMALL to X4LARGE.

Warehouse Template

Customized rules and warehouse parameters defined for each Business Org. Once applied, users will only be able to provision warehouses with the defined template parameters. To change or add a new template after initial configuration, contact Support.

Workload Tag

Customizable identifiers for specific types of warehouses, e.g. batch query, interactive reports, Ad hoc query, defined during configuration and applied to each warehouse template.

V

Visualization (Visuals)

The graphical representation of collated information for a Slingshot dashboard. To see more granular insights, use filters and tags.