SNOWFLAKE CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Building AI-powered BI apps using Snowflake Cortex Analyst
name: app_environment
channels:
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dependencies:
- matplotlib=*
- modin=0.28.1
- seaborn=*
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git clone git@github.com:Snowflake-Labs/sfguide-data-engineering-pipelines-with-pandas-on-snowflake.git
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"### Data Engineering Pipelines with pandas on Snowflake\n",
"\n",
"This demo is using the [Snowflake Sample TPC-H dataset](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/sample-data-tpch) that should be in a shared database named `SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA`. You can run this notebook in a Snowflake Notebook. \n",
"\n",
"During this demo you will learn how to use [pandas on Snowflake](https://docs.snowflake.com/developer-guide/snowpark/python/snowpark-pandas) to:\n",
"* Create datframe from a Snowflake table\n",
"* Aggregate and transform data to create new features\n",
"* Save the result into a Snowflake table\n",
"* Create a serverless task to schedule the feature engineering\n",
"\n",
"pandas on Snowflake is delivered through the Snowpark pandas API as part of the Snowpark Python library (preinstalled with Snowflake Notebooks), which enables scalable data processing of Python code within the Snowflake platform. \n",
"\n",
"Start by adding neccessary libraries using the `Packages` dropdown, the additional libraries needed for this notebook is: \n",
"* `modin` (select version 0.28.1)\n",
"* `snowflake`\n",
"* `matplotlib`\n",
"* `seaborn`"
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"import streamlit as st\n",
"import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
"import seaborn as sns"
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"# Snowpark Pandas API\n",
"import modin.pandas as spd\n",
"# Import the Snowpark pandas plugin for modin\n",
"import snowflake.snowpark.modin.plugin\n",
"\n",
"from snowflake.snowpark.context import get_active_session\n",
"# Create a snowpark session\n",
"session = get_active_session()"
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"# Name of the sample database and the schema to be used\n",
"SOURCE_DATA_PATH = \"SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA.TPCH_SF1\"\n",
"SAVE_DATA_PATH = \"SNOW_PANDAS_DE_QS.DATA\"\n",
"# Make sure we use the created database and schema for temp tables etc\n",
"session.use_schema(SAVE_DATA_PATH)"
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"We will start by creating a number of features based on the customer orders using the line items.\n",
"\n",
"Start with the `LINEITEM` table to create these features so we will start by creating a Snowpark Pandas Datframe aginst it, select the columns we are interested in and then show info about the dataframe, the shape and the first rows."
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"lineitem_keep_cols = ['L_ORDERKEY', 'L_LINENUMBER', 'L_PARTKEY', 'L_RETURNFLAG', 'L_QUANTITY', 'L_DISCOUNT', 'L_EXTENDEDPRICE']\n",
"lineitem_df = spd.read_snowflake(f\"{SOURCE_DATA_PATH}.LINEITEM\")[lineitem_keep_cols]"
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"st.dataframe(lineitem_df.head())"
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"# Get info about the dataframe\n",
"lineitem_df.info()"
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"print(f\"DataFrame shape: {lineitem_df.shape}\")"
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"## Data Cleaning - Filtering and Aggregation\n",
"\n",
"Taking a look at different values for `L_RETURNFLAG` and include only line items that was delivered (`N`) or returned (`R`)."
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"print(lineitem_df.L_RETURNFLAG.value_counts())"
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"Add a filter to the dataframe"
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"print(f\"Before Filtering: {len(lineitem_df)} rows\")\n",
"spd_lineitem = lineitem_df[lineitem_df['L_RETURNFLAG'] != 'A']\n",
"print(f\"After Filtering: {len(spd_lineitem)} rows\")\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_lineitem.head())"
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"To track the actual discount a customer gets per order, we need to calculate that in a new column by taking the product of the amount of discount (`L_DISCOUNT`), numbers sold (`L_QUANTITY`), and the price of item (`L_EXTENDEDPRICE`)."
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"spd_lineitem['DISCOUNT_AMOUNT'] = spd_lineitem['L_DISCOUNT'] * spd_lineitem['L_QUANTITY'] * spd_lineitem['L_EXTENDEDPRICE']\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_lineitem.head())"
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"Now we want to compute the aggregate of items and discount amount, grouped by order key and return flag.\n"
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"# Aggregations we want to do\n",
"column_agg = {\n",
" 'L_QUANTITY':['sum'], # Total Items Ordered \n",
" 'DISCOUNT_AMOUNT': ['sum'] # Total Discount Amount\n",
" }\n",
"\n",
"# Apply the aggregation\n",
"spd_lineitem_agg = spd_lineitem.groupby(by=['L_ORDERKEY', 'L_RETURNFLAG'], as_index=False).agg(column_agg)\n",
"\n",
"# Rename the columns\n",
"spd_lineitem_agg.columns = ['L_ORDERKEY', 'L_RETURNFLAG', 'NBR_OF_ITEMS', 'TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT']\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_lineitem_agg.head())"
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"## Data Transformation - Pivot and reshape\n",
"\n",
"We want to separate the `NBR_OF_ITEMS` and `TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT` by `L_RETURNFLAG` so we have one column for each uinique `L_RETURNFLAG` value. \n",
"Using the **pivot_table** method will give us one column for each unique value in `RETURN_FLAG`"
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"# This will make L_ORDERKEY the index\n",
"spd_lineitem_agg_pivot_df = spd_lineitem_agg.pivot_table(\n",
" values=['NBR_OF_ITEMS', 'TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT'], \n",
" index=['L_ORDERKEY'],\n",
" columns=['L_RETURNFLAG'], \n",
" aggfunc=\"sum\")"
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"The **pivot_table** method returns subcolumns and by renaming the columns we will get rid of those, and have one unique columns for each value."
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"spd_lineitem_agg_pivot_df.columns = ['NBR_OF_ITEMS_N', 'NBR_OF_ITEMS_R','TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT_N','TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT_R']\n",
"# Move L_ORDERKEY back to column\n",
"spd_lineitem_agg_pivot = spd_lineitem_agg_pivot_df.reset_index(names=['L_ORDERKEY'])\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_lineitem_agg_pivot.head(10))"
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"source": [
"## Combine lineitem with orders information\n",
"\n",
"Load `ORDERS` table and join with dataframe with transformed lineitem information."
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"spd_order = spd.read_snowflake(f\"{SOURCE_DATA_PATH}.ORDERS\")\n",
"# Drop unused columns \n",
"spd_order = spd_order.drop(['O_ORDERPRIORITY', 'O_CLERK', 'O_SHIPPRIORITY', 'O_COMMENT'], axis=1)\n",
"# Use streamlit to display the dataframe\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_order.head())"
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"Use **merge** to join the two dataframes"
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"# Join dataframes\n",
"spd_order_items = spd_lineitem_agg_pivot.merge(spd_order,\n",
" left_on='L_ORDERKEY', \n",
" right_on='O_ORDERKEY', \n",
" how='left')"
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"Drop the `L_ORDERKEY`column, it has the same values as `O_ORDERKEY`"
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"spd_order_items.drop('L_ORDERKEY', axis=1, inplace=True)\n",
"st.write(f\"DataFrame shape: {spd_order_items.shape}\")\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_order_items.head())"
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"More aggregations grouped by customer (`O_CUSTKEY`)\n",
"* Total items delivered by customer\n",
"* Average items delivered by customer\n",
"* Total items returned by customer\n",
"* Average items returned by customer"
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"# Aggregations we want to do\n",
"column_agg = {\n",
" 'O_ORDERKEY':['count'], \n",
" 'O_TOTALPRICE': ['sum' ,'mean', 'median'],\n",
" 'NBR_OF_ITEMS_N': ['sum' ,'mean', 'median'],\n",
" 'NBR_OF_ITEMS_R': ['sum' ,'mean', 'median'],\n",
" 'TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT_N': ['sum'],\n",
" 'TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT_R': ['sum']\n",
" }\n",
"\n",
"# Apply the aggregation\n",
"spd_order_profile = spd_order_items.groupby(by='O_CUSTKEY', as_index=False).agg(column_agg)\n",
"\n",
"# Rename the columns\n",
"spd_order_profile.columns = ['O_CUSTKEY', 'NUMBER_OF_ORDERS', 'TOT_ORDER_AMOUNT', 'AVG_ORDER_AMOUNT', 'MEDIAN_ORDER_AMOUNT', \n",
" 'TOT_ITEMS_DELIVERED', 'AVG_ITEMS_DELIVERED', 'MEDIAN_ITEMS_DELIVERED', \n",
" 'TOT_ITEMS_RETURNED', 'AVG_ITEMS_RETURNED', 'MEDIAN_ITEMS_RETURNED',\n",
" 'TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT_N', 'TOT_DISCOUNT_AMOUNT_R']\n",
"st.dataframe(spd_order_profile.head())"
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"Calculate the total and average discount"
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Overview
Through this guide, you will explore how to get started with Cortex Analyst, which is a fully managed service in Snowflake that provides a conversational interface to interact with structured data in Snowflake.
What is Cortex Analyst?
Cortex Analyst is a fully managed service in Cortex AI that provides a conversational interface to interact with structured data in Snowflake. It streamlines the development of intuitive, self-service analytics applications for business users, while providing industry-leading accuracy. To deliver high text-to-SQL accuracy, Cortex Analyst uses an agentic AI setup powered by state-of-the-art LLMs. Available as a convenient REST API, Cortex Analyst can seamlessly integrate into any application. This empowers developers to customize how and where business users interact with results, while still benefiting from Snowflake's integrated security and governance features, including role-based access controls (RBAC), to protect valuable data.
Why use Cortex Analyst?
Historically, business users have primarily relied on BI dashboards and reports to answer their data questions. However, these resources often lack the flexibility needed, leaving users dependent on overburdened data analysts for updates or answers, which can take days. Cortex Analyst disrupts this cycle by providing a natural language interface with high text-to-SQL accuracy. With Cortex Analyst organizations can streamline the development of intuitive, conversational applications that can enable business users to ask questions using natural language and receive more accurate answers in near real time.
This solution will focus on getting started with Cortex Analyst, teaching the mechanics of how to interact with the Cortex Analyst service and how to define the Semantic Model definitions that enhance the precision of results from this conversational interface over your Snowflake data.
What you will learn
- How to construct and configure a Semantic Model for your data
- How to call the Cortex Analyst REST API to use your Semantic Model to enable natural-language question-asking on top of your structured data in Snowflake via Streamlit in Snowflake (SiS) application
- How to integrate Cortex Analyst with Cortex Search to enhance SQL queries generated
- How to enable Join support for Star Schemas
- How to enable multi-turn conversations
This solution was created by an in-house Snowflake expert and has been verified to work with current Snowflake instances as of the date of publication.
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