Connecting to Google BigQuery

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Google BigQuery and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google BigQuery provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Visual Studio Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google BigQuery supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google BigQuery supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

Google BigQuery Version Support

The provider enables read/write SQL-92 access to the BigQuery tables in your Google account or Google Apps domain. The complete aggregate and join syntax in BigQuery is supported. Additionally, statements in the BigQuery syntax can be passed through. The provider uses version 2.0 of the BigQuery Web services API: You must enable this API by creating a project in the Google Developers Console. See Connecting to Google for a guide to creating a project and authenticating to this API.

See Also

See the following for information about creating connections, building models, and creating real-time reports:

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the Google BigQuery connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to Google BigQuery and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to Google BigQuery from generic ADO.NET code.