Google BigQuery connection reference
Learn about the fields used to create an Google BigQuery connection with ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Here is a list of the fields for a Cassandra connection in ThoughtSpot DataFlow. You need specific information to establish a seamless and secure connection.
Connection properties
- Connection name
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Name your connection. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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GoogleBigQueryConnection
- Connection type
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Choose the Google BigQuery connection type. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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Google BigQuery
- Project id
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The identification number given to particular project, always unique. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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myproject-1234
- Authentication type
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It can be either Service Account or Access Tokens. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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Service Account
- Valid Values:
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Service Account, Access Token
- Default:
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Service Account
- Service Account key/Access Token
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Provide the Service Account key when authentication type is selected as Service account and token when access token is selected as authentication type. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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ABCDEFGH245HIJK
- Query priority
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Specify the time duration to run the query and it can be either Interactive or Batch. Optional field.
- Example:
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BATCH
- Valid Values:
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INTERACTIVE, BATCH
- Default:
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BATCH
- Other notes:
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In Advanced configuration
- Cloud storage location
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Provide the GCS bucket and object location details.
- Example:
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gs://GCS bucket/object location
- Other notes:
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In Advanced configuration
- Staging database
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Specify the name of the staging database. Optional field.
- Example:
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testdb
- Other notes:
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In Advanced configuration
- Staging database project ID
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Specify the unique identification number given to staging database. Optional field.
- Example:
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phrasal-indexer-12345
- Other notes:
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In Advanced configuration
- Use proxy
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If required, to use a proxy, select the check box. Use Proxy and provide the details Optional field.
- Other notes:
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In Advanced configuration
- Host
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Specify the hostname or the IP address of the BigQuery system. Optional field.
For proxy authentication only.- Example:
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www.example.com
- Port
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Specify the port associated to the BigQuery system. Optional field.
For proxy authentication only.- Example:
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1234
- Protocol
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It can be either http or https. Optional field.
For proxy authentication only.- Example:
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http
- Valid Values:
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http, https
- Default:
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http
- JDBC options
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Specify the options associated with the JDBC URL.
Optional field.
- Example:
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jdbc:sqlserver://[serverName[\instanceName][:portNumber]] - Other notes:
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Advanced configuration.
Sync properties
- Column delimiter
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Specify the column delimiter character. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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1
- Valid Values:
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Any printable ASCII character, or the decimal value for an ASCII character.
- Default:
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The delimiter specified in sync
- Enclosing character
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Specify if the text columns in the source data needs to be enclosed in quotes. Optional field.
- Example:
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DOUBLE
- Valid Values:
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DOUBLE, SINGLE, NULL
- Default:
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SINGLE
- Escape character
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Specify the escape character if using a text qualifier in the source data. Optional field.
- Example:
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\"
- Valid Values:
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\\, any ASCII character
- Default:
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\"
- Fetch size
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Specify the number of rows to fetch at one time, and process in memory. To fetch all rows, specify 0 rows. Optional field.
- Example:
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1000
- Valid Values:
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1000, 10, 100. 100000, any numeric value
- Default:
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10
- Allow large resultset
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If enabled, allows query results that are larger in size. Optional field.
- Example:
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FALSE
- Valid Values:
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TRUE
- Default:
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FALSE
- Max ignored rows
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Abort the transaction after encountering 'n' ignored rows. Optional field.
- Example:
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0 - Valid Values:
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Any numeric value
- Default:
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0
- tsload options
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Specifies the parameters passed with the
tsloadcommand, in addition to the commands already included by the application. The format for these parameters is:<param_1_name> = <param_1_value>- Example:
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date_time_format = %Y-%m-%d date_format = %Y-%m-%d;time_format = %H:%M:%S - Valid Values:
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null_value = NULL max_ignored_rows = 0 - Default:
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max_ignored_rows = 0
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