Enable logging and event sharing for an application¶

Workflow for enabling logging and event sharing as a consumer¶

As a consumer, you can enable logging and event sharing for an application by performing the following:

1. Review the considerations for enabling logging and event sharing.

2. Set up an event table.

3. View the logging level specified by the provider.

4. View the events in the event table.

5. Enable logging and event sharing on an application.

Considerations for enabling logging and event sharing¶

Before enabling logging and event sharing for an application, you must consider the following:

• This feature requires you to set up an event table in your account.

• After you enable event sharing, a masked and redacted copy of the logs and trace events is automatically captured in the event table of a designated provider account.

• Snowflake does not charge you for enabling event sharing. However, you are responsible for the cost of log and event ingestion and storage in the event table.

• After sharing events with a provider, you cannot revoke access to shared logs and trace events.

• You cannot share historical events using event sharing.

• You cannot share a subset of events or apply a filter.

• Snowflake sends the shared events to a designated provider account within the same region as your account. This feature does not share data across different regions.

• You cannot change the logging or tracing levels for an application because the provider sets the levels.

• Snowflake recommends reviewing the logs and events in the event table before enabling event sharing.

• Snowflake recommends disabling logging and event sharing if you do not need to troubleshoot the application.

Set up an event table¶

The Native Apps Framework requires an event table to store log messages and trace events generated from functions and stored procedures in an application.

An account can have multiple event tables, but only one of them can be set as the active event table for a Snowflake account at a time. Without an active event table, log messages and trace events generated by the application are not captured. This is true even if the functions and procedures in an application call the logging and trace event APIs.

Use the CREATE EVENT TABLE command to create an event table as shown in the following example:

CREATE EVENT TABLE event_db.event_schema.my_event_table;

After creating the event table, use the ALTER ACCOUNT command to specify that the event table is the active table for the account:

ALTER ACCOUNT SET EVENT_TABLE=event_db.event_schema.my_event_table;

View the events in the event table¶

Both the provider and consumer can query the event table to see the events being stored. Use the SELECT command to query the logs and trace events from the event table, for example:

SELECT * FROM event_db.event_schema.my_event_table;

View the logging and trace event levels for an application¶

As a consumer, you cannot change the log level of an application. However, before enabling logging for an application, Snowflake recommends verifying the log level to understand the type of information to be shared with the provider.

To view the logging level of an installed application, run the following command:

DESC APPLICATION HelloSnowflake;

This command displays information about the HelloSnowflake application, including the values for log_level and trace_level.

Enable logging and event sharing for an application¶

To share logs and event information with a provider, you must enable event sharing for an application.

The following prerequisites must be met to enable event sharing for an application instance:

• Use a role with the MANAGE EVENT SHARING global privilege. The ACCOUNTADMIN role has this privilege by default and can grant it to other roles.

• Set up an event table in your account.

ALTER APPLICATION HelloSnowflake SET SHARE_EVENTS_WITH_PROVIDER = TRUE;

DESC APPLICATION HelloSnowflake;