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BigQuery Small Data Operations

Create a BigQuery dataset, load small CSV data from Cloud Storage, run SQL queries, inspect job statistics, and estimate query costs.

45 minutes
cloud/gcp
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Lab Overview

Master BigQuery fundamentals using small datasets. Create datasets and tables, load data from Cloud Storage, run analytical SQL queries, inspect query jobs and execution statistics, estimate and understand query costs using the built-in validator, and manage dataset resources safely.

What You'll Learn

Create a BigQuery dataset and load data from Cloud Storage

Run SQL queries using bq CLI

Inspect query job statistics and performance

Estimate query costs using the dry-run feature

Manage dataset and table cleanup

Prerequisites

Basic command line familiarity

Basic SQL knowledge

Technologies Covered

gcpbigquerydataassociate-cloud-engineer

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This lab is part of the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer course

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