A view in Snowflake represents avirtual tablewhose contents are defined by a stored SQL query. Views allow users to encapsulate transformation logic, simplify complex joins, enforce column-level security, and provide curated datasets for downstream consumers.
Views donotstore data themselves; the underlying tables store the data, and Snowflake executes the view's query each time the view is referenced. This makes views ideal for abstraction layers, semantic modeling, and separating compute costs across user groups.
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* Snowflake views do not store raw data.
* Views have no role in authentication or network configuration.
Views help streamline business logic and control data access efficiently.