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Running SQL Queries on a schedule in BigQuery | Part 2b: Cloud Functions

4th February 20254th February 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

In this part of the series we will walkthrough how to set up a query to run at a regular interval using Python and Cloud Functions. This is useful particularly …

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A personal health tracking tool

6th December 20246th December 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

For a little while now I have been using a personal health tracking tool to monitor my progress in various areas such as strength exercises, weight management and mental hygiene …

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Export BigQuery table to Google Cloud Storage

10th October 202415th October 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

A code example for how to write BigQuery SQL to export a table to Google Cloud Storage in csv and parquet file formats. Parquet CSV

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Execute queries in BigQuery in parallel using python

10th August 202410th August 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

An example of how to run multiple queries in parallel.

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Copying BigQuery tables to a new dataset with bq command line tool

28th July 202428th July 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

With the bq command line tool moving multiple tables at a time from one BigQuery dataset to another can be done with a few lines of code. The tool can …

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From email to data warehouse – Google Edition

4th July 20246th July 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

Use the Google technology stack to automatically load csv files received over email into BigQuery. In the data world, sending data over email is something that has been around for …

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Running SQL Queries on a schedule in BigQuery | Part 1: Scheduled Queries

28th June 202428th June 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

A short walkthrough guide of setting up a scheduled query in BigQuery. The Google documentation for scheduled queries is here. Step 1: Create a query in the bigQuery interface that …

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Data Analysis

Query Google Sheets from BigQuery

31st March 202431st March 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

Important and valuable data is often kept in Google Sheets. Learn how to make use of this data from within BigQuery in this post. Google sheets is a very useful …

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Query BigQuery from Google Sheets

3rd March 20243rd March 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

Exporting to csv manually then opening with Google Sheets is now a thing of the past with Connected sheets functionality. Connected sheets is the functionality within Google Sheets to directly …

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Data Analysis

Last modified BigQuery table datetime

24th February 202414th August 2024 M SmithLeave a comment
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