DATA OPS

Snowflake Row-Volume Anomaly Watch

Compares each morning's load row count for key Snowflake tables against a trailing 14-day baseline and alerts Slack when volume spikes or collapses beyond a threshold.

CategoryData Ops
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerDaily after loads complete
  • ActionCount last-24h rows per table in SnowflakeSnowflakeSnowflake
  • ActionPull trailing 14-day baseline from SnowflakeSnowflakeSnowflake
  • LogicFlag deviation beyond percent band
  • OutputAlert Slack with count, baseline, and deltaSlack

What it does

Detects silent data-volume anomalies that freshness checks miss. For each watched Snowflake table it counts rows loaded in the last 24 hours, compares that to the median of the prior 14 daily loads, and flags any table that loaded far more or far fewer rows than usual, which usually signals a duplicated load, a partial extract, or a dropped source.

When to use it

When a table updates on time but with the wrong amount of data, like a partner feed that delivered half its rows or a job that double-inserted. Freshness looks green while the numbers are quietly broken. Use this to catch volume drift before it reaches reports.

How it works

  1. 1A daily schedule fires once loads complete.
  2. 2The flow queries Snowflake for last-24h row counts per watched table.
  3. 3It pulls the trailing 14-day daily counts and computes the median baseline.
  4. 4A logic step flags tables where today's count deviates beyond the configured percent band.
  5. 5Flagged tables post to Slack with today's count, the baseline, and the percentage delta so an analyst can confirm or dismiss.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect SnowflakeWarehouses, queries, shares.
  2. 2
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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