How to Create a View in Snowflake

Views let you to encapsulate or “hide” complexities, or allow limited read access to part of the data.

To create a view, use the CREATE VIEW command:

-- syntax
create view view_name
as select_statement;

Some examples:

  1. a view to show only products within category 1
create view category_1_products_v as
select *
from products
where category = 1;
  1. a view to limit read access to only certain columns
create view category_products_basic_v as
select
  name,
  category,
  unit_price
from products;
  1. a view that displays top 10 products that provide highest sold value
create view top_10_products_v as
select
  top 10 p.name,
  p.category,
  p.unit_price,
  ps.quantity_sold,
  p.unit_price * ps.quantity_sold as sold_value
from products p
left join products_sold ps on p.id = ps.product_id
order by sold_value desc;
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