Guides

Practical guides for analysts on Snowflake

How eCommerce and subscription data teams prep, model and schedule their data – written by the analysts behind Refyner. Definitions, working SQL and patterns you can use with or without our tool.

The vocabulary

Four terms, used precisely.

Every guide uses the same four words the same way – the same way Refyner uses them.

PrepClean and prepare dataflows – deduplicate, standardise, resolve identity, define the grain.
DataflowA set of components to build SQL transformations, with a declared output and grain.
ScheduleOrchestrate the dependency between transformations and their refresh times.
ModelA set of dataflows that produces an output for one business subject area – e.g. Customer LTV.

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