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Data into Snowflake
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Data into Snowflake

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

What is your experience with getting data into Snowflake?

For this exercise, write a SQL query that summarizes ingestion activity by source system and load method. Return only source systems that have at least one successful load. Ignore rows where loaded_at is NULL.

Output

  1. One row per source_system and load_method
  2. Columns: source_system, load_method, successful_loads, total_rows_loaded, last_loaded_at
  3. Include only successful loads, and ignore rows with a NULL loaded_at
  4. Sort by source_system ascending, then successful_loads descending, then load_method ascending

Schema

ingestion_events
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique ingestion event identifier
source_systemVARCHAR(100)Upstream system name
load_methodVARCHAR(50)Ingestion method used
load_statusVARCHAR(20)Result of the ingestion attempt
rows_loadedINTNumber of rows loaded in the event
loaded_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the load completed
Tablesingestion_events
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