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BigQuery Fundamentals for Snowflake Professionals
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BigQuery Fundamentals for Snowflake Professionals

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Describe BigQuery’s architecture, resource provisioning, and data definition model.

  • Create, secure, and share BigQuery data assets using best practices.

  • Implement common patterns and best practices for designing schemas, ingesting data, and querying data in BigQuery.

  • Compare and contrast the differences and commonalities between Snowflake and BigQuery.

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6 quizzes

Taught in English

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There are 6 modules in this course

This introductory module summarizes the key details of BigQuery architecture and resource provisioning including how BigQuery utilizes slots to execute SQL queries and workload management in BigQuery. Drawing upon your knowledge of Snowflake, this module also provides a high-level overview of the similarities and differences between Snowflake and BigQuery architecture and resource provisioning to help you get started with BigQuery.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 quiz1 app item

This module summarizes the key details of BigQuery’s resource hierarchy and data definition model, including how to create datasets and tables in BigQuery. Drawing upon your knowledge of Snowflake, this module also provides a high-level overview of the similarities and differences between the Snowflake and BigQuery resource hierarchies and primary data types to help you start working with data in BigQuery.

What's included

1 reading1 quiz

This module summarizes the key details of the Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) model, including how roles and permissions are applied to datasets and tables in BigQuery. Drawing upon your knowledge of Snowflake, this module also provides a high-level overview of the similarities and differences in roles and permissions between Snowflake and BigQuery to help you start securing and sharing your data in BigQuery.

What's included

1 reading1 quiz1 app item

This module summarizes the primary options and best practices for ingesting data into BigQuery, including batch data loading, streaming ingestion, and queries to external data sources. Drawing upon your knowledge of Snowflake, this module also provides a high-level overview of the similarities and differences in data ingestion options between Snowflake and BigQuery to help you start reading and loading your data into BigQuery.

What's included

1 reading1 quiz

This module summarizes common patterns and best practices for designing and optimizing table schemas in BigQuery, including the use of nested and repeated fields, partitioning, and clustering. Drawing upon your knowledge of Snowflake, this module also provides a high-level overview of the similarities and differences in schema usage and design between Snowflake and BigQuery to help you start structuring and optimizing your data in BigQuery.

What's included

1 reading1 quiz1 app item

This module summarizes the key features and operations of the Google Standard SQL dialect used in BigQuery and best practices for optimizing query performance and controlling costs in BigQuery. Drawing upon your knowledge of Snowflake, this module also provides a high-level overview of the similarities and differences in the SQL dialects and features between Snowflake and BigQuery to help you start running and optimizing queries in BigQuery.

What's included

1 reading1 quiz1 app item

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