Which object can be used as a table function in Information_schema to view replication costs?

• A. REPLICATION_USAGE_HISTORY table function
• B. REPLICATION_USAGE_HISTORY View
• C. REPLICATION_HISTORY table function
• D. REPLICATION_COSTS table function

Answer: (A)

Focus on the data you need: replication costs. In Snowflake, Information_schema table functions return dynamic, queryable tabular data. The one designed to expose detailed replication usage data (including cost information) as rows is the replication_usage_history table function. That makes it the best tool for viewing replication costs, because you can parameterize the window and other criteria and get a ready-to-analyze result set.

A view isn’t a table function, so it isn’t used in the same way to produce a live, parameterizable result set for cost data. A different replication history function might exist for general events, but it won’t specifically target costs in the tabular, queryable form you need. A function named replication_costs isn’t the documented source for this exact cost data in Information_schema, so it wouldn’t reliably provide the same comprehensive view.

So, the replication_usage_history table function is used because it’s the dedicated, queryable source for replication usage and cost information within Information_schema.