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BigQuery#

Insight² can connect to BigQuery databases to run BigQuery queries.

Connection#

Please refer this link to enable BigQuery API in Google Cloud Console.

Create Service Account and key, then get your configs downloaded as JSON

To add a new BigQuery, click on the + button on data sources panel at the left-bottom corner of the app editor. Select BigQuery from the modal that pops up.

Insight² requires the config json downloaded from your account to connect to BigQuery. Paste the json into the Private key field.

The json looks like:

json { "type": "service_account", "project_id": "tooljet-279812", "private_key_id": "ea6e234sdfsdf3242b91525626edeef74a14e58761", "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvQIBADAAhdh67sidfnIUWWWBAQC8V+z0vaM/rFiA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\nZ+2Eser4Z5BpqfFjqFW8MhY=\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n", "client_email": "tooljettest@tooljet-279812.iam.gserviceaccount.com", "client_id": "106795637455432158803", "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth", "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token", "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs", "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/tooljettest%40tooljet-279812.iam.gserviceaccount.com" }

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

Click on Test connection button to verify if the credentials are correct and that the API is accessible to Insight² server. Click on Save button to save the data source.

Querying BigQuery#

Click on + button of the query manager at the bottom panel of the editor and select the database added in the previous step as the data source. Select the operation that you want to perform and click Save to create the query.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

Click on the run button to run the query. NOTE: Query should be saved before running.

Query results can be transformed using transformations. Read our transformations documentation to see how: link

Supported operations#

List Datasets#

Retruns list of datasets.

Optional parameters:#

  • Options: This can be used to filter the list.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

List Tables#

Return list of tables within a dataset

Required parameters:#

  • Dataset: Enter the dataset name.

Optional parameters:#

  • Options: This can be used to filter the list.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

Query#

Return data based on the Query. Query options (Reference), and Query result options (Reference).

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

Insert Record#

  • To insert a record.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

Delete Record#

  • To delete a record.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

NOTE: Be careful when deleting records in a table. If you omit the WHERE clause, all records in the table will be deleted!

Update Record#

  • To update a record.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

NOTE: Be careful when updating records in a table. If you omit the WHERE clause, all records in the table will be updated!

Create View#

  • To create a view.

Insight² - Data source - BigQuery

Create Table#

  • To create a table.

NOTE: visit for more info on schema.

Delete Table#

  • To delete a table.