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This announcement is for PDL Snowflake Customers

If you are a current PDL customer receiving data through Snowflake, please read this announcement regarding the upcoming changes to the Snowflake Table Schemas scheduled for the May 2024 release.

⚠️ Snowflake Schema Standardization

Change Expected In: v26.1 / May 2024
Previous Announcements: v24 / October 2023, v25 / January 2024

As announced in our previous release notes (linked above) we will be standardizing our Snowflake Person and Company Schemas in May 2024 (v26.1). This will be a breaking change to our existing Snowflake schema, and so this announcement aims to provide some additional resources and information to prepare our customers for the transition.

Summary of Schema Changes

We are migrating all Snowflake users to a common delivery schema, which represents changes to the current format that data is being received in. These changes apply to both the Person and Company Snowflake Schema and include:

• Table and column name changes
• Additions/modifications of columns within tables
• Data type changes across columns

The summary of these changes is as follows:

Person Schema Changes for Snowflake

• (Table Rename) “Plural” table names will now be “Singular” (i.e. languages is now language, certifications is now certification, etc)
• (Column Rename) num_sources will now be count_sources
• (Column Rename) num_records will now be count_records
• (Column Rename) linkedin_connections will now be count_linkedin_connections
• (Column Rename) facebook_friends will now be count_facebook_friends
• (Column Rename) gender will now be sex
• (Type Change) All Date types will now be String types

Company Schema Changes for Snowflake

• (Table Rename) “Plural” table names will now be “Singular” (i.e. subsidiaries is now subsidiary, profiles is now profile, etc)
• (Table Schema Change) Table top_us_employee_metro now contains separate columns for headcount (INT) and growth_rate_12_month (FLOAT)
• (Column Rename) top_next_employer_by_role.employer will be renamed to top_next_employer_by_role.next_company_id
• (Column Rename) top_previous_employer_by_role.employer will be renamed to top_previous_employer_by_role.previous_company_id
• (Column Rename) recent_exec_departure.pdl_id will be renamed to recent_exec_departure.person_id
• (Column Rename) recent_exec_departure_job_title_level.pdl_id will be renamed to recent_exec_departure_job_title_level.person_id
• (Column Rename) recent_exec_departure_new_company_job_title_level.pdl_id will be renamed to recent_exec_departure_new_company_job_title_level.person_id
• (Column Rename) recent_exec_hire.pdl_id will be renamed to recent_exec_hire.person_id
• (Column Rename) recent_exec_hire_job_title_level.pdl_id will be renamed to recent_exec_hire_job_title_level.person_id
• (Column Rename) recent_exec_hire_previous_company_job_title_level.pdl_id will be renamed to recent_exec_hire_previous_company_job_title_level.person_id
• (Column Rename) All columns referencing employee count metrics will be renamed to count
• (Column Rename) More descriptive columns within tables describing growth rates (e.g. column tenure in table average_tenure_by_level and column growth_rate in table headcount_12mo_growth_by_role)
• (Column Rename) Closer adherence to SQL naming conventions (e.g. linkedin_employee_count will now be count_linkedin_employee
• (Type Change) All Date types will now be String types

How to Prepare for the Transition

Before the May 2024 (v26.1), we strongly suggest you:

1. Make a copy of your current data after your April 2024 delivery. This way you not only have a backup, but can also compare new to old after you switch over.
2. Go through the new standard schemas, which are included in the Resources section below as well as here
3. Prepare any script changes to your existing processes before the switch in May 2024.

For any questions or help transitioning to these new schema, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager.

Resources

Standard Schemas

We now have explicit documentation of the Person and Company Snowflake Schemas that will go into effect with the May 2024 Release (v26.1). We encourage our snowflake customers to ensure their data pipelines can support the specifications linked below. These documents are also linked in the Data Delivery Using Snowflake page as well.

• Person Schema for Snowflake (v26.1)
• Company Schema for Snowflake (v26.1)

Snowflake Data Sample

In addition, we will also have some sample data in these new schema formats available for customers to test with to ensure their data pipelines fully support the upcoming changes.

• Data Sample on Snowflake Marketplace (coming soon)