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bq_extract>: Exporting Data from Google BigQuery

bq_extract> operator can be used to export data from Google BigQuery tables.

_export: bq: dataset: my_dataset

+process: bq>: queries/analyze.sql destination_table: result

+export: bq_extract>: result destination: gs://my_bucket/result.csv.gz compression: GZIP

Secrets

When you don't know how to set secrets, please refer to Managing Workflow Secret

Options

  • bq_extract>: TABLE A reference to the table that should be exported.

    Examples:

  bq_extract>: my_table
  bq_extract>: my_dataset.my_table
  bq_extract>: my_project:my_dataset.my_table
  • destination: URI | LIST A URI or list of URIs with the location of the destination export files. These must be Google Cloud Storage URIs.

    Examples:

  destination: gs://my_bucket/my_export.csv
  destination:
    - gs://my_bucket/my_export_1.csv
    - gs://my_bucket/my_export_2.csv
  • location: LOCATION The location where the job should run. The table and the destination must be in this location. See BigQuery locations for a list of available locations.

    Examples:

  location: asia-northeast1
  • print_header: BOOLEAN Whether to print out a header row in the results. Default: true.

  • field_delimiter: CHARACTER A delimiter to use between fields in the output. Default: ,.

    Examples:

  field_delimiter: "\t"
  • destination_format: CSV | NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON | AVRO The format of the destination export file. Default: CSV.

    Examples:

  destination_format: CSV
  destination_format: NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON
  destination_format: AVRO
  • compression: GZIP | NONE The compression to use for the export file. Default: NONE.

    Examples:

  compression: NONE
  compression: GZIP

Output parameters

  • bq.last_job_id

    The id of the BigQuery job that performed this export.

    Note: bq.last_jobid parameter is kept only for backward compatibility but you must not use it because it will be removed in a near future release.