> ## Documentation Index
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# Refresh External Table

export const ComponentMetadata = ({warehouses, unsupportedWarehouses = [], componentType, connectionInputs, connectionOutputs}) => {
  const allWarehouses = [...warehouses.map(w => ({
    name: w,
    supported: true
  })), ...unsupportedWarehouses.map(w => ({
    name: w,
    supported: false
  }))];
  return <div style={{
    background: 'var(--colors-background-light, #f9fafb)',
    border: '1px solid var(--colors-border-default, #e5e7eb)',
    borderRadius: '12px',
    padding: '20px 28px',
    marginBottom: '28px',
    boxShadow: '0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.10)'
  }}>
      <table style={{
    width: '100%',
    borderCollapse: 'collapse'
  }}>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle',
    width: '180px'
  }}>Project Availability</td>
            <td style={{
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>
              <div style={{
    display: 'flex',
    flexWrap: 'wrap',
    gap: '8px'
  }}>
                {allWarehouses.map((w, i) => <span key={i} style={{
    background: w.supported ? '#dcfce7' : '#fee2e2',
    color: w.supported ? '#15803d' : '#b91c1c',
    border: `1px solid ${w.supported ? '#bbf7d0' : '#fca5a5'}`,
    borderRadius: '9999px',
    padding: '3px 12px',
    fontSize: '0.85rem',
    fontWeight: '500',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap'
  }}>
                    {w.name} {w.supported ? '✅' : '❌'}
                  </span>)}
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>Component Type</td>
            <td style={{
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>{componentType}</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>Connection Inputs</td>
            <td style={{
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>{connectionInputs}</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>Connection Outputs</td>
            <td style={{
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>{connectionOutputs}</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>;
};

<ComponentMetadata warehouses={["Snowflake"]} unsupportedWarehouses={["Databricks", "Amazon Redshift", "BigQuery"]} componentType="Orchestration, Test" connectionInputs="One" connectionOutputs="Unlimited" />

The Refresh External Table orchestration component refreshes an external table, re-syncing it with the target data. An external table requires refreshing so that the correct data will be returned when the table is queried. This refresh should always be done before an external table is used, and it is critical when the target data has been changed since the table was last used.

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## Properties

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Snowflake">
    <ResponseField name="Name" type="string" required>
      A human-readable name for the component.
    </ResponseField>

    {/* <!-- param-start:[database] | warehouses: [snowflake] --> */}

    <ResponseField name="Database" type="drop-down" required>
      The Snowflake database. The special value `[Environment Default]` uses the database defined in the environment. Read [Databases, Tables and Views - Overview](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/guides-overview-db) to learn more.
    </ResponseField>

    {/* <!-- param-start:[schema] | warehouses: [snowflake] --> */}

    <ResponseField name="Schema" type="drop-down" required>
      The Snowflake schema. The special value `[Environment Default]` uses the schema defined in the environment. Read [Database, Schema, and Share DDL](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/ddl-database.html) to learn more.
    </ResponseField>

    {/* <!-- param-start:[targetTable] | warehouses: [snowflake] --> */}

    <ResponseField name="Target Table" type="string" required>
      The name of the external table to be created or used.
    </ResponseField>

    {/* <!-- param-start:[relativeSubpath] | warehouses: [snowflake] --> */}

    <ResponseField name="Relative Subpath" type="Text">
      The directory path to follow to the target data. File names cannot be specified.
    </ResponseField>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>