Finance on Snowflake

Customer credit limit change on Snowflake

Takes a request for a higher credit limit from the seller through the credit analyst to the approver, updates the credit profile and releases the orders the new limit covers.

SCREENSDATA HANDLERSSNOWFLAKE · READ IN PLACES01 RequestS02 AssessmentS03 ApprovalS04 ReleaseS05 Credit boarddh_credit_profileCredit profileCONFORMED.CREDIT_PROFILE ·HISTORY.EXPOSURE_DAILYdh_customer_masterCustomer masterCONFORMED.CUSTOMERdh_sales_order_lineSales order lineCONFORMED.SALES_ORDER_LINEdh_quotationQuotationCONFORMED.QUOTATIONWRITE BACK TO SNOWFLAKECredit profile → MERGE into LIMA.APP_DECISIONSSales order line → MERGE into LIMA.APP_DECISIONSrows stay in Snowflake · access rules applied at read time · each write acknowledged and logged
The screens of the app, the data handler behind each, and the Snowflake object it reads in place. Writes below the line go through MERGE into a Lima-owned table, with the operational write to the ERP of record.
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screens on those rows
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objects written back
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rows copied to build it
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What the app reads

The Snowflake objects behind each handler

Tables are read in place through the native Snowflake connector: the app sends only the filter and the columns it needs, Snowflake returns the matching rows. The Backbone landing model (RAW, CONFORMED and HISTORY schemas) is the usual source, so history and aggregates are already prepared.

ObjectRead fromFields the app usesFreshness
Credit profileCONFORMED.CREDIT_PROFILE · HISTORY.EXPOSURE_DAILYcustomer_id (customer) · credit_limit (limit) · exposure (exposure) · risk_class (risk class)prepared by the Backbone; refreshed on its schedule
Customer masterCONFORMED.CUSTOMERcustomer_id (id) · name (name) · country (country) · sales_org (sales org)prepared by the Backbone; refreshed on its schedule
Sales order lineCONFORMED.SALES_ORDER_LINEso_number (number) · so_line (line) · customer_id (customer) · material_id (material)prepared by the Backbone; refreshed on its schedule
QuotationCONFORMED.QUOTATIONquote_id (number) · customer_id (customer) · net_value (value) · valid_to (valid to)prepared by the Backbone; refreshed on its schedule
The trigger

The start criterion in Snowflake's own fields

In plain words: A seller submits S01 for a customer, usually from a blocked order or ahead of a large quote.

This app starts from a screen, so the first read happens when the instance opens; the criteria on the arrows use the fields above.

Start

A seller submits S01 for a customer, usually from a blocked order or ahead of a large quote. The instance then reads its rows from Snowflake through the handlers above.

What the app writes back

Through MERGE and the system of record

Decisions are recorded in a Lima-owned table in Snowflake through stage, COPY INTO and MERGE, so analytics see them next to the history. The operational write goes to the system of record through its released interface, and the app records the acknowledgement. For this app the operational change (new limit and valid-to date written to the credit profile) goes to SAP S/4HANA or Oracle Fusion through its released interface, and the pair pages for those systems show the exact call.

ObjectWhat changesInterface
Credit profilenew limit and valid-to date written to the credit profile; risk class updated when changedMERGE into LIMA.APP_DECISIONS
Sales order linecredit block released on the orders the new limit coversMERGE into LIMA.APP_DECISIONS
Acknowledged and logged

Each write stores the identifier Snowflake returns beside the decision, the person and the time, so the log answers who changed what, and the reconciliation shows it arrived.

Access and prerequisites

What is in place before the first build

Snowflake roles and row-access policies are mapped to Lima access policies once, so a person sees the same rows in the app that they see in a worksheet.

  • A Snowflake role for the connector with SELECT on the conformed schemas and INSERT and MERGE on the Lima decision schema
  • A warehouse sized for the app's queries (an X-Small serves most screens)
  • The Backbone landing model in place for the objects the app uses, or your own conformed tables registered
  • The system of record connected for the operational write
Register the handlers4 objects from the catalog; each shows its rows at once.
Why the lake

History and aggregates, read where they land

This app reads credit profile from Snowflake because the screens need history at scale: months of rows, aggregates by period, several versions. The Backbone lands the objects in the conformed model and refreshes them on a schedule, and the handler reads them in place with the filter and the columns pushed down. The person's grants in Snowflake decide what they see.

The operational rows the person acts on can come live from the ERP in the same app: one handler per object per system, and a screen that shows both.

Readsconformed and history tables, in placeSnowflake
Decision recordMERGE into a Lima-owned tablebeside the history
Operational writeto the ERP of record through its interfaceacknowledged
GrantsSnowflake roles and row policies honouredat read time
Nearby

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Terms on this page

ExposureEverything the customer owes or is about to owe: open invoices, deliveries in progress and open orders.
Credit blockThe hold the ERP places on an order when exposure would pass the limit.
Read in placeThe rows stay in Snowflake; the handler sends the filter and the columns and Snowflake returns the matching rows.
Questions

Does this app copy data out of Snowflake?

The screens read through handlers that leave the rows in Snowflake. The conformed tables it reads were landed there by the Backbone from the ERP; the app reads them there.

What does Snowflake need to allow?

The prerequisites above: an integration identity with read rights on the objects listed and write rights on the interfaces named, connectivity, and the scopes agreed with the process owner.

Can I run it on another system as well?

Yes. The screens, criteria and roles stay; the handlers are re-bound to the other system's objects, and the app's other system pages show them.

See this app on your data

Bring the process and the systems it touches. In the first session we register the data handlers, draw the levels or the lanes and run the first screen on your live rows.