Tip You can set up this integration in the unified integrations experience (in preview). This feature is in public preview and applies to metadata, AI, SAP, and lineage integrations. In one guided flow, you select an Edge site, create the connection, add the integration, and configure it. To get started, in the banner on the Integration configuration tab, click Try the new Integrations page. For more information, go to About the unified integrations experience (in preview).
You can sync metadata from Collibra Platform to Snowflake. After you configured outbound mappings, Collibra pushes the metadata to Snowflake, making governed business context visible to data consumers working in Snowflake.
Outbound synchronization
You can define outbound mappings on the Metadata outbound tab of the Snowflake capability. Each mapping links a Collibra attribute to either a Snowflake tag key or the Snowflake COMMENT field for a given asset type. Outbound synchronization matches each Collibra asset to its Snowflake counterpart, using the Snowflake metadata already ingested into Collibra, and applies the attribute value as the value of the mapped property. You can also map asset status, articulation score, average rating, Collibra tags, responsibilities, and data classifications to Snowflake tags (in preview).
Outbound synchronization sends attribute changes for Schema, Table, Database View, Semantic View, and Column assets.
- Synchronization is incremental. It processes only the assets that changed in Collibra since the last run.
- When you add or change an attribute value in Collibra, the next synchronization adds or updates the matching property value in Snowflake.
- When you remove an attribute value in Collibra:
- For a tag, the next synchronization clears the tag value in Snowflake.
- For the description field, the comment in Snowflake stays as it is. An empty value is never written to Snowflake, so clearing the value in Collibra does not remove the existing comment.
- You set up synchronization manually. After setup, it runs automatically every 5 minutes when there are outbound events to process.
For the sequence to set up the integration, go to Steps overview: Integrate Snowflake outbound via Edge.