Query Census Store Locally Using DuckDB

Query Census Store locally using DuckDB Apache Iceberg integration for Zero-ETL access to CSV datasets.

Prerequisites

To query Census Store from DuckDB, you will need:

• Download DuckDB version ≥ 1.3.0
• An Activations workspace with one or more Entity Resolution or CSV datasets materialized in Census Store

Step 1: Create Census Store Iceberg REST Catalog Credentials

In Activations, create OAuth2 client credentials that Snowflake will use to access your workspace's Iceberg catalog:

1. Open Activations and navigate to Workspace settings.
2. Select the Census Store tab.
3. Under Iceberg Catalog, click Create Client Credentials.
4. Copy the newly-created client ID and secret. The secret is only visible when you first create a set of client credentials. If you lose the secret, you will need to create a new set of client credentials.

Step 2: Install Iceberg Extension

1. Open DuckDB.

2. Install Iceberg Extension and load it
   

   FORCE INSTALL iceberg FROM core_nightly;
   LOAD iceberg;
   

Step 3: Attach catalog

In DuckDB attach catalog integration to the Iceberg catalog for your workspace’s Managed Storage:

1. Choose a unique name for your catalog integration and substitute it for <catalog integration name>
2. Substitute your Activations workspace’s Iceberg catalog endpoint for <catalog endpoint> . You can find your workspace’s Iceberg catalog endpoint on the Census Store tab of Workspace settings under Iceberg Catalog.
3. Substitute your Activations workspace’s Iceberg catalog name for <catalog name>. You can find your workspace’s Iceberg catalog endpoint on the Census Store tab of Workspace settings under Iceberg Catalog.
4. Substitute the client ID and secret for the Iceberg catalog credentials you created in the previous step for <client id> and <client secret>.

Run the following SQL statement.

ATTACH '<catalog name>' as <catalog integration name> (
  TYPE ICEBERG,
  ENDPOINT '<catalog endpoint>',
  CLIENT_ID '<client id>',
  CLIENT_SECRET '<client secret>',
  OAUTH2_SCOPE 'PRINCIPAL_ROLE:ALL'
);

Run the following SQL statement to verify connectivity and get a list of tables:

SHOW ALL TABLES;

Step 4: Query Iceberg Tables

1. Substitute the name of the catalog integration you created in the previous step for <catalog integration name>.
2. Substitute the namespace and table name your Census Store dataset is materialized in for <dataset namespace> and <dataset table name> respectively. You can find these names on the dataset details page for your dataset in Activations.

SELECT * FROM <catalog integration name>.<dataset namespace>.<dataset table name> LIMIT 5;