Connection Properties
The connection properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to Google BigQuery. |
ProjectId | The ProjectId used to resolve unqualified tables and execute jobs. |
DatasetId | The DatasetId used to resolve unqualified tables. |
BillingProjectId | The ProjectId of the billing project for executing jobs. |
Property | Description |
AllowLargeResultSets | Whether or not to allow large datasets to be stored in temporary tables for large datasets. |
DestinationTable | This property determines where query results are stored in Google BigQuery. |
UseQueryCache | Specifies whether to use Google BigQuery's built-in query cache. |
PageSize | The number of results to return per page from Google BigQuery. |
PollingInterval | This determines how long to wait in seconds, between checks to see if a job has completed. |
AllowUpdatesWithoutKey | Whether or not to allow update without primary keys. |
FilterColumns | Please set `AllowUpdatesWithoutKey` to true before you could use this property. |
UseLegacySQL | Specifies whether to use BigQuery's legacy SQL dialect for this query. By default, Standard SQL will be used. |
PrivateEndpointName | When connecting over Private Access, this property specifies the name of the custom endpoint. |
Property | Description |
UseStorageAPI | Specifies whether to use BigQuery's Storage API for bulk data reads. |
UseArrowFormat | Specifies whether to use the Arrow format with BigQuery's Storage API. |
StorageThreshold | The minimum number of rows a query must return to invoke the Storage API. |
StoragePageSize | Specifies the page size to use for Storage API queries. |
Property | Description |
InsertMode | Specifies what kind of method to use when inserting data. By default streaming INSERTs are used. |
WaitForBatchResults | Whether to wait for the job to complete when using the bulk upload API. Only active when InsertMode is set to Upload. |
GCSBucket | Specifies the name of a GCS bucket to upload bulk data for staging. |
GCSBucketFolder | Specifies the name of the folder in GCSBucket to upload bulk data for staging. |
TempTableDataset | The prefix of the dataset that will contain temporary tables when performing bulk UPDATE or DELETE operations. |
Property | Description |
InitiateOAuth | Specifies the process for obtaining or refreshing the OAuth access token, which maintains user access while an authenticated, authorized user is working. |
OAuthClientId | Specifies the client Id that was assigned the custom OAuth application was created. (Also known as the consumer key.) This ID registers the custom application with the OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | Specifies the client secret that was assigned when the custom OAuth application was created. (Also known as the consumer secret ). This secret registers the custom application with the OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | A token received after authentication to the OAuth network, granting the user access. The access token is used in place of the user's login ID and password, which stay on the server. |
DelegatedServiceAccounts | A space-delimited list of service account emails for delegated requests. |
RequestingServiceAccount | A service account email to make a delegated request. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | Specifies the location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved. Storing OAuth settings in a central location avoids the need for users to enter OAuth connection properties manually each time they log in. It also enables credentials to be shared across connections or processes. |
CallbackURL | The URL users return to after authenticating to Google BigQuery via OAuth. |
Scope | Identifies the Google API access that your application is requesting. Scopes are space-delimited. |
OAuthVerifier | Specifies a verifier code returned from the OAuthAuthorizationURL . Used when authenticating to OAuth on a headless server, where a browser can't be launched. Requires both OAuthSettingsLocation and OAuthVerifier to be set. |
OAuthRefreshToken | Gets and refreshes the currently-active OAuth Access Token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | Specifies the duration in seconds, of an OAuth Access Token's lifetime. The token can be reissued to keep access alive as long as the user keeps working. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | Displays a Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds that shows how long ago the current Access Token was created. |
Property | Description |
OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate used to access a certificate store that requires a password. If the certificate store does not require a password, leave this property blank. |
OAuthJWTCertSubject | The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate used to locate a matching certificate in the store. Supports partial matches and the wildcard '*' to select the first certificate. |
OAuthJWTIssuer | The issuer of the Java Web Token. |
OAuthJWTSubject | The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access. |
Property | Description |
SSLServerCert | Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
FirewallType | Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources. |
FirewallPort | Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
Property | Description |
ProxyAutoDetect | Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server. |
ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of the proxy server that you want to route HTTP traffic through. |
ProxyPort | The TCP port on your specified proxy server (set in the ProxyServer connection property) that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client. |
ProxyAuthScheme | Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
ProxyUser | The username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
ProxyPassword | The password associated with the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property. |
ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property. |
Property | Description |
Logfile | Specifes the file path to the log file where the provider records its activities, such as authentication, query execution, and connection details. |
Verbosity | Specifies the verbosity level of the log file, which controls the amount of detail logged. Supported values range from 1 to 5. |
LogModules | Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged. |
MaxLogFileSize | Specifies the maximum size of a single log file in bytes. For example, '10 MB'. When the file reaches the limit, the provider creates a new log file with the date and time appended to the name. |
MaxLogFileCount | Specifies the maximum number of log files the provider retains. When the limit is reached, the oldest log file is deleted to make space for a new one. |
Property | Description |
Location | Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path. |
BrowsableSchemas | Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC . |
Tables | Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC . |
Views | Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC . |
RefreshViewSchemas | Allows the provider to determine up-to-date view schemas automatically. |
ShowTableDescriptions | Controls whether table descriptions are returned via the platform metadata APIs and sys_tables / sys_views. |
PrimaryKeyIdentifiers | Set this property to define primary keys. |
AllowedTableTypes | Specifies what kinds of tables will be visible. |
FlattenObjects | Determines whether the provider flattens STRUCT fields into top-level columns. |
Property | Description |
StorageTimeout | How long a Storage API connection may remain active before the provider reconnects. |
EmptyArraysAsNull | Whether empty arrays are represented as 'null' or as '[]'. |
HidePartitionColumns | Whether partition tables will show the columns _PARTITIONDATE and _PARTITIONTIME. |
AllowAggregateParameters | Allows raw aggregates to be used in parameters when QueryPassthrough is enabled. |
ApplicationName | An application name in the form application/version. For example, AcmeReporting/1.0. |
AuditLimit | The maximum number of rows which will be stored within an audit table. |
AuditMode | What provider actions should be recorded to audit tables. |
AWSWorkloadIdentityConfig | Configuration properties to provide when using Workload Identity Federation via AWS. |
BigQueryOptions | A comma separated list of Google BigQuery options. |
GenerateSchemaFiles | Indicates the user preference as to when schemas should be generated and saved. |
MaximumBillingTier | The MaximumBillingTier is a positive integer that serves as a multiplier of the basic price per TB. For example, if you set MaximumBillingTier to 2, the maximum cost for that query will be 2x basic price per TB. |
MaximumBytesBilled | Limits how many bytes BigQuery will allow a job to consume before it is cancelled. |
MaxRows | Specifies the maximum rows returned for queries without aggregation or GROUP BY. |
Other | Specifies additional hidden properties for specific use cases. These are not required for typical provider functionality. Use a semicolon-separated list to define multiple properties. |
PseudoColumns | Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns. Use the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'. The default is an empty string, which disables this property. |
QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the Google BigQuery server as is. |
Readonly | Toggles read-only access to Google BigQuery from the provider. |
RTK | Specifies the runtime key for licensing the provider. If unset or invalid, the provider defaults to the standard licensing method. Use this property only in environments where the standard licensing method is unsupported or requires a runtime key. |
SupportCaseSensitiveTables | By default, the provider treats table names as case-insensitive, so if multiple tables have the same name but different casing, only one will be reported in the metadata. |
TableSamplePercent | This determines what percent of a table is sampled with the TABLESAMPLE operator. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UserDefinedViews | Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file defining custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file. |
WorkloadPoolId | The ID of your Workload Identity Federation pool. |
WorkloadProjectId | The ID of the Google Cloud project that hosts your Workload Identity Federation pool. |
WorkloadProviderId | The ID of your Workload Identity Federation pool provider. |