Which of the following objects cannot be part of a direct share?

• A. Tables
• B. External Tables
• C. External Stages
• D. Secure Views

Answer: (C)

Direct share is about exposing data objects that contain or define data for another Snowflake account. You can include tables, external tables, and secure views because these are queryable data objects or metadata Snowflake can securely reference in the consumer’s environment. An external stage, by contrast, is just a pointer to an external storage location (like S3) and carries access details and storage configuration. Sharing that kind of pointer would require handing over storage credentials or configurations, which isn’t supported in a direct data share. So the stage itself cannot be included in a direct share. If you need access to data in external storage, you’d share an external table that uses that stage, or you’d replicate the data into a shareable table.