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description: After you complete setup, CRM Analytics Direct Data for Snowflake lets you run queries on the dataset associated with the connection in real time. You can also build dashboard charts and tables based on the queries you run on Snowflake data.
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# Explore Data Directly in Snowflake

After you complete setup, CRM Analytics Direct Data for Snowflake lets you run queries on the dataset associated with the connection in real time. You can also build dashboard charts and tables based on the queries you run on Snowflake data.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17798e34 ">To create live connections to Snowflake:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17798e34 ">Enable CRM Analytics Direct Data for external data sources</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17798e34 ">To explore data directly in Snowflake:</td>

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To begin exploring, click the live dataset from the Datasets tab in Analytics Studio.

![Live Data Connections in CRM Analytics](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_live_data_list_snowflake.jpg)

Data stored in the Snowflake object opens in a lens, which you can interactively explore and visualize.

![Objects in Snowflake Warehouse](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_live_data_snowflake_objects.jpg)