Google BigQuery data source

The Google BigQuery data source allows you to query and visualize data from Google BigQuery, Google’s fully managed, serverless data warehouse.

Supported features

Feature	Supported	Description
Metrics	Yes	Query numeric data and visualize as time series or tables.
Alerting	Yes	Create alert rules based on BigQuery queries.
Annotations	Yes	Overlay events from BigQuery on your graphs.
Template variables	Yes	Create dynamic dashboards with query-based variables.

Requirements

The following Google APIs must be enabled in your GCP project:

Get started

The following documents help you get started with the Google BigQuery data source:

Configure the BigQuery data source - Set up authentication and connect to BigQuery.
BigQuery query editor - Create and edit SQL and visual queries.
Template variables - Create dynamic dashboards with BigQuery variables.
Alerting - Create alert rules using BigQuery data.
Troubleshooting - Solve common configuration and query errors.

Additional features

After you configure the BigQuery data source, you can:

Add Annotations to overlay BigQuery events on your graphs.
Configure and use Template variables for dynamic dashboards.
Add Transformations to manipulate query results.
Set up Alerting rules based on your BigQuery data.
Use Explore to investigate your BigQuery data without building a dashboard.

Pre-built dashboards

The BigQuery data source plugin includes the following pre-built dashboards:

Array queries examples - Demonstrates how to work with BigQuery arrays and nested data structures.

To import a pre-built dashboard:

Go to Connections > Data sources.
Select your BigQuery data source.
Click the Dashboards tab.
Click Import next to the dashboard you want to use.

Plugin updates

Ensure your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features and improvements. Navigate to Plugins and data > Plugins to check for updates.