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 <p>Currently, Snowflake supports <a href="https://www.snowflake.com/blog/expanding-the-data-cloud-with-apache-iceberg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iceberg tables through External Tables</a>
 and also <a href="https://www.snowflake.com/blog/iceberg-tables-powering-open-standards-with-snowflake-innovations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Native Iceberg Tables</a>.</p>
 <h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="steps">Steps:<a href="#steps" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Steps:" title="Direct link to Steps:"></a></h2>
 <p>These are high level steps to help you integrate Apache XTable™ (Incubating) synced Iceberg tables on Snowflake. For more additional information
 refer to the <a href="https://docs.snowflake.com/LIMITEDACCESS/iceberg-2023/tables-iceberg-getting-started" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Getting started with Iceberg tables</a>.</p>
 <h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="create-an-external-volume">Create an external volume<a href="#create-an-external-volume" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Create an external volume" title="Direct link to Create an external volume"></a></h3>
 <p>Iceberg tables on Snowflake uses user-supplied storage. The first step to create an Iceberg table is by <a href="https://docs.snowflake.com/LIMITEDACCESS/iceberg-2023/tables-external-volume-s3#step-4-creating-an-external-volume-in-snowflake" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">creating an
 external volume in Snowflake</a>
 to hold the Iceberg table data and metadata</p>
 <div class="language-sql codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockTitle_Ktv7">sql</div><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sql codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token comment" style="color:#999988;font-style:italic">-- Create an External Volume to hold Parquet and Iceberg data</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">CREATE</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">OR</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">REPLACE</span><span class="token plain"> EXTERNAL VOLUME </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&lt;</span><span class="token plain">volume_name</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&gt;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">STORAGE_LOCATIONS </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">(</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">  </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">(</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">    NAME </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&lt;</span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&#x27;my-s3-us-west-2&#x27;</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&gt;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">    STORAGE_PROVIDER </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&#x27;S3&#x27;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">    STORAGE_BASE_URL </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&#x27;s3://&lt;bucket_name&gt;/&#x27;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">    STORAGE_AWS_ROLE_ARN </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&#x27;arn:aws:iam::&lt;accountId&gt;:role/&lt;roleName&gt;&#x27;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">  </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
 <h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="create-a-catalog-integration-for-iceberg-files-in-object-storage">Create a catalog integration for Iceberg files in object storage<a href="#create-a-catalog-integration-for-iceberg-files-in-object-storage" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Create a catalog integration for Iceberg files in object storage" title="Direct link to Create a catalog integration for Iceberg files in object storage"></a></h3>
 <p>You can skip this step if you are using Snowflake as the catalog.
 You can also use <a href="https://docs.snowflake.com/LIMITEDACCESS/iceberg-2023/create-catalog-integration#examples" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWS Glue as the catalog source</a>.</p>
 <div class="language-sql codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockTitle_Ktv7">sql</div><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sql codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">CREATE</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">OR</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">REPLACE</span><span class="token plain"> CATALOG INTEGRATION </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&lt;</span><span class="token plain">catalog_name</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&gt;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">CATALOG_SOURCE</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain">OBJECT_STORE</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">TABLE_FORMAT</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token plain">ICEBERG</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">ENABLED</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token boolean" style="color:#36acaa">TRUE</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
 <h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="create-an-iceberg-table-from-iceberg-metadata-in-object-storage">Create an Iceberg table from Iceberg metadata in object storage<a href="#create-an-iceberg-table-from-iceberg-metadata-in-object-storage" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Create an Iceberg table from Iceberg metadata in object storage" title="Direct link to Create an Iceberg table from Iceberg metadata in object storage"></a></h3>
 <p>Refer to additional <a href="https://docs.snowflake.com/LIMITEDACCESS/iceberg-2023/create-iceberg-table#examples" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">examples</a>
 in the Snowflake Create Iceberg Table guide for more information.</p>
 <div class="language-sql codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockTitle_Ktv7">sql</div><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sql codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">CREATE</span><span class="token plain"> ICEBERG </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">TABLE</span><span class="token plain"> myIcebergTable</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">EXTERNAL_VOLUME</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&#x27;&lt;volume_name&gt;&#x27;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">CATALOG</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&lt;</span><span class="token plain">catalog_name</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">&gt;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">METADATA_FILE_PATH</span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">=</span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&#x27;path/to/metadata/&lt;VERSION&gt;.metadata.json&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
 <p>Once the table creation succeeds you can start using the Iceberg table as any other table in Snowflake.</p></div></article><nav class="pagination-nav docusaurus-mt-lg" aria-label="Docs pages"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--prev" href="/docs/presto"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Presto</div></a><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href="/docs/starrocks"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">StarRocks</div></a></nav></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_bqdL thin-scrollbar theme-doc-toc-desktop"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a href="#steps" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Steps:</a><ul><li><a href="#create-an-external-volume" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Create an external volume</a></li><li><a href="#create-a-catalog-integration-for-iceberg-files-in-object-storage" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Create a catalog integration for Iceberg files in object storage</a></li><li><a href="#create-an-iceberg-table-from-iceberg-metadata-in-object-storage" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Create an Iceberg table from Iceberg metadata in object storage</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div></div></main></div></div></div></div>
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