# Enabling an API from a Snowflake dataset

Available in...

* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Integration
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Cloud Pipeline Designer Standard Edition
* Data Fabric

Generate a read-only API from your Snowflake dataset to use it in Salesforce.

## Procedure

1. Select your Snowflake dataset and click the API tab in the left menu.
2. Click Get started and define the Entity set name and the Primary key.

   For more information, see [Enabling an API from a dataset](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-inventory-user-guide/Cloud/enabling-api-from-dataset).
3. Click Add under Manage consumers to create a Salesforce consumer and define its credentials.
4. Click Enable.

   The API view of the dataset opens and you can see the API status.