Technical requirements

In this chapter, you will need Alteryx Designer to create workflows and the content that we have been using throughout the process. The example workflows and supporting code can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Data-Engineering-with-Alteryx/tree/main/Chapter%2006. If you want to use an alternative database, the processes would be the same with the connection modified for your alternative. If you want to complete the publication to Snowflake, you will need a Snowflake account. You can create a new Snowflake trial account, which will allow you to follow along with the chapter. Specific requirements for a Snowflake connection and the reasons why this database was chosen are described in the Publishing the external data to a Snowflake destination section.

You can follow the instructions for creating a Snowflake trial account described here: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/admin-trial-account.html.