# Snowflake GX datasource

**URL:** https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/snowflake-gx-datasource/1830
**Category:** GX Core Support
**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/snowflake-gx-datasource/1830 "2024-08-05T17:56:01Z")
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### Author: ![ananyabhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ananyabhat](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/ananyabhat)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/snowflake-gx-datasource/1830/1 "2024-08-05T17:56:01Z")

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Is there any way to add snowflake datasource using sqlAlchemy engine instead of connection string?

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### Author: ![adeola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@adeola](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/adeola)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/snowflake-gx-datasource/1830/2 "2024-08-13T20:56:58Z")

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Hi @ananyabhat! Thank you for your question and welcome to our community!

You can accomplish adding a snowflake datasource with sqlAlchemy instead of connection string by creating an SQLAlchemy engine for Snowflake. More information on that [here](https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/reference/api/execution_engine/sqlalchemyexecutionengine_class/).

The connection string is not required if the credentials for accessing the desired database are provided.