DATA OPS

Cross-warehouse replication parity check (Snowflake vs BigQuery)

Compares the schema of mirrored tables between Snowflake and BigQuery and pages on-call via PagerDuty when the two warehouses drift out of sync.

CategoryData Ops
Enginesim
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerschedule
Steps6
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerScheduled parity check fires
  • ActionFetch Snowflake mirrored-table schemaSnowflakeSnowflake
  • ActionFetch BigQuery mirrored-table schemaGoogle BigQueryBigQuery
  • LogicCompare and flag divergence between warehouses
  • ActionOpen PagerDuty incident on divergencePagerDutyPagerDuty
  • OutputPost mismatch summary to SlackSlack

What it does

For organizations that replicate the same tables into two warehouses, this confirms the column sets and types stay identical across Snowflake and BigQuery. When replication lags or a one-sided migration lands, the schemas diverge silently — this catches the divergence and treats it as an incident.

When to use it

Use it when you maintain a dual-warehouse setup (e.g. Snowflake for finance, BigQuery for product analytics) fed from the same source, and a schema mismatch between them would corrupt joins or reconciliation reports.

How it works

  1. 1A scheduled trigger fires every few hours.
  2. 2Pull the column inventory for the mirrored table list from Snowflake.
  3. 3Pull the same inventory from BigQuery.
  4. 4Compare the two side by side, flagging columns present in one but not the other and any type mismatches.
  5. 5If divergence exists, branch to escalation.
  6. 6Trigger a PagerDuty incident with the per-table mismatch detail and post the same summary to the data team's Slack channel.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect SnowflakeWarehouses, queries, shares.
  2. 2
    Connect BigQueryDatasets, queries, schemas.
  3. 3
    Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
  4. 4
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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