Actionable Insights with AI - Snowflake for Data Science

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ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS MIT AI - VOM
EXPERIMENT ZUR WERTSCHÖPFUNG
26. Jan. 2021
Harald Erb | harald.erb@snowflake.com
Sr. Solutions Engineer, Central Europe

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ABOUT ME
Sr. Solutions Engineer
Central Europe
harald.erb@snowflake.com
Llinkedin.com/in/haralderb
Enthusiastic about Business Analytics &
Data Management for 20+ years
> Consulting: Delivered large-scale Data
Warehouse and BI projects as Developer,
Information Analyst, Solution Architect,
Project Lead at Oracle D/A/CH
> Presales: 2nd SE on the ground at Snowflake in
Centr. Europe with focus on Data Management,
Business Analytics & Data Science
> Worked with clients on Big Data & IoT solutions
as Architect and Solutions Engineer at Oracle
EMEA, Pentaho and Hitachi Vantara

DYI ?
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Kubernetes Cluster with 5 Raspberry PIs
???
Fascinating technology, but unfortunately
there is not enough time for DYI...

AGENDA – PART 1
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Source: github.com/szilard/ml-prod (Dr. Szilard Pafka)
ML LIFECYCLE
Tools & Ecosystem
• Notebooks (SQL, Python)
• Snowflake: Snowpark (Scala)
Data Development
• Required Platform capabilities
• SQL
• Snowflake: TimeTravel,
Zero-copy clone
Onboarding of new
Datasets
• Data Lake integration
• API integration
• Snowflake Data
Marketplace
Experiment
(Lab environment)
Value added
(ML in Production,
at scale)

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SNOWFLAKE DATA ARCHITECTURE FOR
DATA SCIENCE

“DATA SCIENCE ONLY” ENVIRONMENT
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DATA SCIENCE + REPORTING DATABASE
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SNOWFLAKE DATA ARCHITECTURE
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“Data Lake inside”

OPTIONS HOW TO ORGANIZE DATA ASSETS IN SNOWFLAKE
Data Sources Data Consumers
Structured Data
Semi-Structured Data
Web APIs
IoT Data
Data Visualization /
Reporting
Data Science
Ad hoc Queries
Data Zones in Snowflake
Work Area (Exploratory, AI / ML)
Persistent, user/team space, dedicated compute resources
Landing Zone
Transient, ELT processes, truncate/reload
Raw
Raw data, schema-
less (JSON…):
no transformations,
matches source data
Conformed
Raw +
de-duplicated, data
type standardization
(dates)
Reference
Master data, ,
manual mappings,
Business hierarchies
Modeled
Integrated, cleansed,
modeled data (3NF,
Data Vault,
Dimensional Model)
“Data Lake" “Data Warehouse”
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Snowflake’s Architecture is based on elastic cloud storage allowing to organize very large amounts of raw data at an affordable
price. This capability enables Data Teams to perform unbounded data discovery and data understanding while Analysts can
access business friendly data models in a self-service mode.

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> SELECT … FROM
…
Semi-structured data
(JSON, Avro, XML, Parquet, ORC)
Structured data
(e.g., CSV, TSV, …)
Storage optimization
Transparent discovery and storage optimization
of repeated elements
Query optimization
Full database optimization for queries
on semi-structured data
+
select v:lastName::string
as last_name
, ...
from json_doc_table;
HANDLING OF SCHEMALESS DATA IN SNOWFLAKE
With Snowflake’s VARIANT data type, semi-structured data can be loaded easily into a relational DW
and is then available for immediate analysis

SNOWFLAKE DATA ARCHITECTURE
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Storage Integration with external Data Lake

INGESTION & PROCESSING
OF NEW DATASETS

OPTIONS FOR DATA INGESTION
FILES
AUTO-INGEST
SNOWPIPE
SNOWPIPE
REST API
COPY
Driverless
Notification-driven
Serverless
Async, Continuous
File Dedup
Error Handling
EXTERNAL
TABLE AUTO
REFRESH
Bulk Loading
● COPY Command
● User-managed compute
resource
Continuous Loading
● Snowpipe
● Snowflake-managed
compute resource

SOLUTION SCENARIO
SCENARIO: INGESTING FUEL PRICE DATA FOR ANALYIS
Source: tankerkoenig.de

SOLUTION
ARCHITECTURE
In Scope today

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Key Steps
>Integrate with AWS S3 and connect
Snowflake via External Stage
>Create a Pipe for Automatic Data Ingestion
> Run Snowpipe with new data
EXAMPLE
DATA INGESTION WITH
SNOWPIPE

AWS S3: STORAGE INTEGRATION VIA EXTERNAL STAGE
v
SF Admin Task, typically
not done by developers!

AWS S3: DATA ACCESS DIRECTLY FROM SNOWFLAKE
v
List content of a S3 bucket directly
from Snowflake, navigate subfolder
structure.
Identify, inspect and select files to be
loaded using “ * ” and RegExp etc.
Compute statistics
on files to be loaded
into Snowflake

NOTIFICATION-DRIVEN DATA INGESTION WITH SNOWPIPE
v
v
Bulk load
command
v
Target table to be updated
Source location,
external stage
(e.g. S3 Bucket)

Key Steps
>Integrate AWS Lambda Function
>Automate API Calls + store Payloads (JSON)
> Implement Change Data Capture
> Automate JSON flattening + Data Loading
EXAMPLE
FAST INTEGRATION OF
API PAYLOADS

API INTEGRATION VIA EXTERNAL FUNCTION
SF Admin Task, typically
not done by developers
v
v
External API’s can now
be called via SQL!

EXTERNAL API CALL VIA SQL (EXAMPLE 1)
Table with column
SOURCE_DATA (VARIANT
data type) containing a
collection of raw datasets from
multiple open data sources
v
Insert Statement
calling external API

EXTERNAL API CALL VIA SQL (EXAMPLE 2)
Fuel price data of multiple
gas stations
v
Insert Statement
calling external API

AUTOMATED DELTA LOAD WITH STREAMS AND TASKS
V
Task will only start if table stream
has new data records to process
à saves compute resources!
Only CDC data
records of interest will
be processed and then
cleared from stream
when committed
V
Lateral view and flatten table function
used to split price data by Gas Station
and store as separate records in the
target table REMOTE_FUEL_PRICES
V

API DATA IS NOW PREPARED FOR FURTHER USE…
New fuel prices prepared
and stored in target table
REMOTE_FUEL_PRICES
(still in JSON format)
V

…LIKE IN A DASHBOARD COMBINING HISTORICAL + RT DATA
V
Final BI Query:
Reading, formatting and joining
JSON price data directly with
master data – with fast query
performance

Key Steps
>Identify & select dataset of interest in
Snowflake Data Marketplace
>Request new (paid) dataset and agree on
terms and conditions
>Once request is approved, access to the
Shared Database will be granted by Data
Provider
> Query and blend own and shared data for
new insights
EXAMPLE
SNOWFLAKE DATA
MARKETPLACE

PUBLIC AND PERSONALIZED DATASETS…
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Step 1: Select
dataset of interest
V

…AVAILABLE BY (PAID) REQUEST…
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Step 2: Request
shared dataset
for access in own
Snowflake Account

…READY TO QUERY – DATA SCIENTISTS LOVE IT ALREADY!
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Shared Database is
visible (read-only)
in own Snowflake
Account – no
additional ETL
required
V
V
Step 3: Query location
features to improve
predictive models
using Snowflake’s Geo
SQL Functions

MORE DATA ENGINEERING
WITH SNOWFLAKE

PLATFORM REQUIREMENT #1: DEDICATED COMPUTE
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Continuous
Loading (4TB/day)
S3
<5min SLA
Compute Cluster
“Medium”
Batch Data Loads
& Transformations
Compute Cluster
"Large”
Interactive
Dashboard
50% < 1s
85% < 2s
95% < 5s
Compute Cluster
Auto Scale –
”X-Large” x 5
Prod DB
Snowflake Shared Data, Multi-Cluster Architecture: All data available in a central repository,
all major workloads isolated, elastic compute provides performance on demand
Structured & Semi-structured Data at Petabyte-Scale
(all encrypted, compressed)
Dedicated Compute
Cluster incl.
allowance to resize,
e.g. up to
"2X-Large” etc.
Data Science /
Data Projects

PLATFORM REQUIREMENT #2: ELASTIC SCALING IN NO TIME
Vertical Scaling: Resize Compute Cluster instantly
• Pure Cloud User Experience
• Scale up/down in no time, no need to start/stop, or reboot
• Benefit: Faster data loads, more complex queries
(aggregations, new features)
Horizontal Scaling: Automatic Scale-out
• Snowflake detects/handles massive parallel workloads
and automatically scales back after the load drops
• Benefit: constantly good performance, even in peak times

PLATFORM REQUIREMENT #3: PAY FOR WHAT YOU USE
ETL and
Processing
Morning Noon Night
Workload
Reporting
Ad-hoc
Analytics
Morning Noon Night
Workload
Morning Noon Night
Workload
Data
Science
Morning Noon Night
Workload

MEETING USERS WHERE THEY ARE
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DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE WITH SNOWFLAKE
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Coding:
Data Pipelines, Debugging –
e.g. with VS Code, Scala and
Snowpark (in Development)
RDBMS
Development:
Database models,
use data dictionary,
RBAC – e.g. with
Snowsight,
DBeaver, SqlDBM
Data Science
Notebook: Live code
embedded in markup
text + visualizations –
e.g. with Jupyter and
SF Python Connector

DON’T FORGET SQL FOR FEATURE ENGINEERING
Create Compute-intensive Features in Snowflake
à Eliminates need for frameworks such as Featuretools for Python
Examples
• Calculate number of sales per product for last week/month/year
• Rank products within different product categories by price, revenue, etc.
• Calculate share of revenue or margin for a given product
• Find the lowest ever sales price for all products in each product category
Real code example, but simplified for increased readability
Adopted from Elkjøp’s presentation @ Snowflake Stockholm Meetup, 2021

SNOWFLAKE FEATURES FOR REPRODUCIBILITY
TIME TRAVEL
All tables can be versioned for 0 - 90 days
• Extremely useful for tracking changes and
debugging master data issues
à Eliminates need to maintain separate history
tables in many cases
• Intuitive SQL syntax for querying tables at a
specific point in time
ZERO-COPY CLONING
Take “snapshots” of any table, schema or database
at no extra cost
• Useful for creating static datasets when developing
ML models à eliminates need to create datasets in
Azure Blob Storage / AWS S3
• Associate Git commit (code version) with cloned
table (data version) à makes it easier to
reproduce an experiment in the future
Real code example, but
simplified for increased
readability
Adopted from Elkjøp’s presentation @ Snowflake Stockholm Meetup, 2021

REPORT OF A CUSTOMER’S DATA SCIENTIST TEAM

DATA DEVELOPMENT: PYTHON & SQL COMBINED
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à Notebook

DATA DEVELOPMENT: SCALA VIA SNOWPARK
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SNOWPARK – A new developer experience that allows you to write Snowflake code in
your preferred way, and execute it directly in Snowflake (incl. all platform benefits)
IN PRIVATE-PREVIEW

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A comparative example
SQL Snowpark
Write, use functions.
Monolithic, hard to debug
Pipeline, easy to debug
Repetitive, inflexible
operations
Flexible, reusable
operations
IN PRIVATE-PREVIEW

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Deep Dive and Demo of Preview Version
Webinar Recording: Building Open Source Data Science Models on Snowflake
IN PRIVATE-PREVIEW

AGENDA – PART 2
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Source: github.com/szilard/ml-prod (Dr. Szilard Pafka)
ML LIFECYCLE
Data Science Platform (DataRobot)
• Auto ML
• ML Ops
• Model Deployment
Experiment
(Lab environment)
Value added
(ML in Production,
at scale)

DATA SCIENCE (AUTO ML) PLATFORMS TO
COMPLEMENT SNOWFLAKE CAPABILITIES

DATA SCIENCE PLATFORM – ARCHITECTURE (DATAROBOT)
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DATA SCIENCE PLATFORM – COMPONENTS (DATAROBOT)
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AUTO ML – LEADERBOARD OF A PROJECT
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à DataRobot

ML OPERATIONS
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Any ML Ops solution capable and agile enough to handle complex situations has to be proficient in the following four
critical areas to safely deliver machine learning applications in production at scale

ML OPS – MONITORING (SERVICE HEALTH)
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ML OPS – MONITORING (MODEL ACCURACY)
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INTEGRATION OF PRODUCTIVE ML MODELS
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CODING EXAMPLE: DATAROBOT & SNOWFLAKE
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Notebook example: Snowflake + DataRobot Prediction API
Call of DataRobot
prediction API
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Sample code: DataRobot Github Repo
Open Snowflake cursor
and and store
prediction results in a
table for further use

MODEL DEPLOYMENT – SOURCE CODE EXPORT
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SNOWFLAKE INTEGRATION EXAMPLE
Detailed Article: DataRobot Blog
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Calling a productive Machine Learning Model via Snowflake External Functions

SESSION TAKEAWAY

SNOWFLAKE DATA CLOUD
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DATA
SOURCES
OLTP DATABASES
ENTERPRISE
APPLICATIONS
THIRD-PARTY
WEB/LOG DATA
IoT
DATA
CONSUMERS
DATA MONETIZATION
OPERATIONAL
REPORTING
AD HOC ANALYSIS
REAL-TIME ANALYTICS

A COMPLETE & EASY-TO-USE DATA PLATFORM…
Structured Data
Semi-Structured Data
Web APIs
IoT Data
Visualization /
Reporting
Data Science
Ad hoc Queries
Data Sources Stage
Presentation /
Consumers
JSON, AVRO
(VARIANT)
Hive Metastore
Integration
External Tables
Parquet
Load/Unload
ANSI SQL
Data Lake Warehouse Aggregation
Semantic /
Federated
Elastic Multi-
Cluster Compute
Data Vault,
3NF Modeling
ACID
Transactional
Consistency
Data Masking/
Row-level Sec. *)
Sec. + Material.
Views
Zero Copy
Cloning
SSO
LDAP
OAUTH
SCIM
ODBC/JDBC
Python/R/Spark
Connector
End-to-End Security (RBAC, Encryption at Rest/in Motion)
Web UI /
Snowsight
External
Functions
Data Sharing /
Marketplace
Streams (CDC) &
Tasks (Scheduler)
Time Travel
Kafka-Connector /
Snowpipe
Stored Procs /
UDFs
Geospatial
Snowflake supports Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Data Engineering workloads
Dimensional
Modeling
Information
Schema
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SnowPark *)
(Scala)
*) Roadmap item / in Preview

SNOWFLAKE PLATFORM DATA ENGINEERING INTEGRATIONS
…FOR ACCELERATING MACHINE LEARNING & AI
● Integration with AutoML
platforms and Notebook-
based ML
● Read and writeback
● Spark Connector
● Python Connector
● Apache Arrow support
● Snowpipe
● Kafka
● Streams/Tasks
● Reproducibility – Versioning -
Features, Models
● “Share” data & results
● Feature Repository – Re-Use
● Time Travel
● Zero-copy cloning
• Data Platform as a Service
• Instant Scalability & Elasticity
• Dedicated Virtual Warehouses
• Store and use all data
regardless of structure
• Cross cloud replication
• Pay per use – per second pricing
• Data Marketplace & Exchange
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Q & A

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