Module 2 · You are here
BigQuery Setup and Interface
Open BigQuery, learn the four building blocks (project, dataset, table, view), tour the workspace, and pick the exact table you will inspect for your brief.
By the end of Module 2, you will be able to:
- Open the BigQuery sandbox or a BigQuery project you already have access to.
- Identify the four building blocks of BigQuery: project, dataset, table, view.
- Use the Explorer panel to browse from a project down to a single table.
- Locate the query editor, results panel, and table preview tab.
- Pick one public or team dataset and one specific table to inspect.
Subsections in Module 2
2.1
What is BigQuery
Open 2.2Four building blocks
Open 2.3Workspace tour
Open 2.4Locate a real table
Open 2.5Data location checkpoint
OpenStart here: Module 2.1 · What is BigQuery
Begin Module 2
After Module 2: Module 3 · Reading a Table: Schema, Preview, Row Counts
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