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Same result,
two ways.
Almost everything in Snowflake can be built by typing SQL or by clicking through Snowsight. Each guide does both, side by side, with the same names, so you can follow one path, compare them, or start in the UI and keep the result as code.
CREATE WAREHOUSE ANALYTICS_WH WAREHOUSE_SIZE = XSMALL GENERATION = '2' AUTO_SUSPEND = 60 AUTO_RESUME = TRUE; -- one script: review it, rerun it, keep it in Git
New warehouse
§1 How each guide works
How each guide works
- i.Set up onceType your own object names at the top. Every SQL snippet and GUI step updates to match.
- ii.Path A · SQLThe whole build as a script you can copy, review and keep in version control.
- iii.Path B · SnowsightThe same build, click by click, with screenshots of the key screens.
- iv.Which path?When each one wins, then clean-up steps and links to the official docs.
§2 The guides
Pick one and build along.
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01
ComputeRead guide
Warehouses
Create, size, scale and govern the same warehouse with a few SQL statements, or by clicking through Compute › Warehouses in Snowsight.
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02
Cortex AI · SearchRead guide
Cortex Search
Build the same search service with one SQL statement or the Create Search Service wizard, then search support transcripts by meaning and filter them by region.
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03
Cortex AI · Text-to-SQLRead guide
Cortex Analyst
Build the same semantic view with one SQL statement or the guided wizard, then ask a business question in plain English and check the SQL it writes.
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04Next up
More on the way
Every guide follows the same shape, so once you know one, you know them all.