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Version: 3.0.0

Create a Google BigQuery Connection

This guide will demonstrate how to create a Google BigQuery connection in Ascend.

Prerequisites​

  • Credentials for a GBQ account
    • Service Account Key: The Service Account Key associated with the service account accessing GBQ
  • An existing Ascend project (see: Create a Project)
  • An existing Ascend Workspace (see: Setting Up a Workspace)

Locate Your Project Folder​

  1. From your Ascend Instance Homepage, click on your Workspace to open it.
  2. From here, click on the Files icon on the left navigation bar. This will open the File Tree in the left panel.
  3. In your File Tree, locate your top-level project folder and open it.
  4. Within the project folder, locate the connections folder.

Add a New Connection File​

  1. Right-click on the connections folder, and select New File.
  2. Provide the file with a name and a .yaml extension, such as gbq_connection.yaml. This will open the empty file in the build pane.
  3. From here, you can enter the details for your connection.

Enter Connection Details​

Enter the following YAML configuration, replacing the placeholder values with your Google BigQuery connection details:

/my_project/connections/gbq_connection.yaml
connection:
  bigquery:
    project: <project_id>
    dataset: <dataset>
    key: ${secret.<your_vault>.<key>}
    location: <region>

To view all available Connection options, see the Google BigQuery Connection Reference.

Once you have entered your Connection details, click "Save" to save the file, and click "Build Project" to apply the changes.

Now that you have created a Google BigQuery Connection you can start ingesting data from Google BigQuery or writing data out to Google BigQuery. You may also learn how to configure this Connection as the Dataplane for your Deployment.

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