Enable AI features

Allow your installed ZINZU application to use Snowflake Cortex AI functions.

1 min readProduct documentationEnable AI features

ZINZU uses Snowflake Cortex to run its AI features. The SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX_USER database role allows the application to call Cortex AI functions.

Grant Cortex permission

  1. Open the installed appIn Snowsight, open your installed ZINZU app and select Permissions.
  2. Approve CORTEX_USERUnder Role grants for SNOWFLAKE database, enable CORTEX_USER and save.
  3. Verify the grantReturn to ZINZU and check that Verify Application Setup detects CORTEX_USER.

See Snowflake’s role approval instructions. Snowflake role approval ↗

Cortex model availability

Ask AI uses the llama3.1-8b model through AI_COMPLETE. Check Snowflake model availability for your region. Snowflake model availability ↗

Data access and costs

This grant does not provide access to your business tables or views; those require separate data permissions.

Using AI features can incur additional Snowflake charges. Cortex usage and costs ↗

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