SNOWFLAKE NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYTICS — DECISION RECORD
Editorial evaluation aid, October 8, 2026. Blank: no vendor tested.
Do not include production credentials or personal data in this file.

CANDIDATE AND SCOPE
Product/version/date:
Operating model (native application / custom agents / connected assistant):
Data snapshot and approved reporting objects:
Business owner / technical owner:
Execution identity and role:
Approved metric definition and missing-value rules:
Existing semantic definitions reused, duplicated, or unavailable:
Preparation effort, context supplied and held-out questions:

MANDATORY GATES (PASS / FAIL / NOT TESTED; attach evidence)
Permitted object, row and column access:
Unauthorized request under actual user session:
Read-only enforcement in disposable authorized test scope:
Question/schema/result destinations:
History/log/export retention and owners:
Required feature or authentication compatibility:
Unresolved gates and decision owner:

REPEAT PER QUESTION (M1–M7 plus your real workflow)
Case / question / conversation context:
Expected result or behavior / reference approved by:
First response / SQL or trace / actual result:
Correctness (PASS / FAIL / NOT TESTED):
Clarification or unjustified assumptions:
Retry or manual repair, recorded separately:
Latency / query identifier / observed warehouse consumption:
Applicable AI consumption / application usage:
User feedback and remaining work:

COST LEDGER (same workload and observation period for all candidates)
Currency, period and rate sources:
Application fixed and variable costs:
Warehouse usage and actual unit rate:
AI-service usage and actual unit rate:
Setup hours / maintenance hours / internal hourly assumption:
Attempted questions / useful verified answers / retries / unresolved questions:
Shared costs and allocation rule:
Missing cost categories (do not treat unknown as zero):

DECISION
Mandatory gates all passed? Evidence:
Useful workflow and limitations:
Chosen pilot / rejected alternative / reasons:
Definition and access maintenance owner:
Retest triggers / next review date: