BigQuery for Data Warehousing: Managed Data Analysis in the Google Cloud

© Mark Mucchetti 2020

M. MucchettiBigQuery for Data Warehousinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6186-6_13

13. Advanced BigQuery

Mark Mucchetti¹ 

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Santa Monica, CA, USA

 

Did you feel unmoored through several chapters without SQL? I get it. Well, we’re back to SQL now. In this chapter, we’re going to go over some advanced BigQuery capabilities that will give you a whole new set of tools to get at your data. After this chapter, I guarantee that the next time you get a juicy business question and a blank console window, you’ll start hammering the keyboard like Scotty in Star Trek IV keying in the formula for transparent aluminum.¹

Fair warning: There’s some JavaScript in this chapter. I’ll give you a heads-up so you don’t crash into it while enjoying ...