A Snowflake table that is loaded using a Kafka connector has a schema consisting of...

When using theSnowflake Kafka connector, the table schema includes two importantvariant columns:

RECORD_TIMESTAMP: This column stores the timestamp from the Kafka record, enabling time-based analysis of incoming data.

RECORDKEY: This captures the unique key of each Kafka message, useful for uniquely identifying records or managing deduplication.

These columns ensure that each message’s metadata and key information are preserved, facilitating data analysis and real-time processing tasks in Snowflake.