The data plane and compute pool were previously chosen together in one two-column menu. Each now has its own picker, so changing one no longer means reopening the other.
The selector previously carried Database and Schema columns. Both only ever offered
DEFAULT, so they have been removed — there is nothing to set in their place, and queries resolve the database and schema from the data plane as they always did.Prerequisites
- A Narrative account with access to at least one data plane
Reading the current context
The context selector displays your current settings as two pickers side by side in the top navigation. Hover over either one to see its full value.Changing your execution context
Each picker opens its own menu, so you can change the compute pool without touching the data plane.1
Select a data plane
Click the Dataplane picker, select a data plane, and click Apply. Switching to a different data plane moves the compute pool to that plane’s default pool, since the pools on offer depend on the selected data plane. Reapplying the data plane that is already selected leaves your compute pool as it was.
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Select a compute pool
Click the Compute Pool picker, select a compute pool, and click Apply. The menu lists only the active pools on the selected data plane, and the available options depend on its provider—see Compute Pools for details on each type.
Defaults
When the compute pool resolves automatically—after you switch data planes, or when your selected pool is no longer available—the context selector picks the pool the platform would use by default, which is listed first in the Compute Pool menu. See Set a default compute pool for how that default is chosen. A data plane that exposes no pool of its own shows a single DEFAULT row. Selecting it leaves the choice to the data plane, which runs the query on whichever pool it treats as default.Canceling
Click Cancel in a picker’s menu, or click anywhere outside it, to discard your changes. Your previous execution context remains active.Common scenarios
Single data plane user
If your account has access to only one data plane, the context selector auto-selects it for you. You may never need to interact with the context selector—your context is set automatically with sensible defaults.Switching compute pools for a production query
If you’ve been running exploratory queries on a shared compute pool, switch to a dedicated pool before running production workloads:- Click the Compute Pool picker
- Select Dedicated
- Click Apply
Selecting a Snowflake warehouse for a query
If your Snowflake data plane has multiple registered warehouses (compute pools), you can choose which one to use:- Make sure your Snowflake data plane is selected in the Dataplane picker
- Click the Compute Pool picker
- Select the warehouse you want
- Click Apply
Working across multiple data planes
If your organization has multiple data planes (for example, a Narrative-hosted plane and a customer Snowflake instance), use the context selector to switch between them. Remember that datasets, queries, and other objects are scoped to the selected data plane—switching data planes changes what’s visible across the platform.On viewports 992px wide or narrower, each picker compacts to its icon to fit the top bar. Hover over it to see its value, or click it to open its menu as usual.
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