Monitor Snowflake database

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  • How-to guide
  • Published Jan 20, 2026

Use Dynatrace Extension framework to extend your application observability into data acquired directly from your Snowflake database layer and monitor how database server tasks impact your app.

Prerequisites

Ensure your system meets these requirements for full feature support.

Set up Snowflake extension for monitoring

To set up and activate the extension, follow the detailed activation steps.

  1. Add the database instance.
  2. Select the hosting type.
  3. Select an ActiveGate group.
  4. Create a database connection.
  5. Install the extension.

Use cases

You can benefit from Snowflake monitoring in these use cases.

Feature sets

Feature sets restrict which metrics are collected when you activate the extension.

Related tags
Infrastructure ObservabilityDatabasesDatabases