Google BigQuery Support Summary

This topic summarizes Google BigQuery objects and database support. To create any of these objects and define their properties, refer to the Defining Google BigQuery Objects section.

Following are the supported data types:

  • BIGNUMERIC

  • BOOLEAN

  • BYTES

  • DATE

  • DATETIME

  • FLOAT64

  • GEOGRAPHY

  • INT64

  • INTERVAL

  • NUMERIC

  • RECORD/STRUCT

  • STRING

  • TIME

  • TIMESTAMP

  • JSON

Refer to Google BigQuery documentation for detailed information on specific Google BigQuery objects and properties. erwin® Data Modeler documentation for the property editors provides brief descriptions of the controls on each dialog box and tab, which you can use as a point of reference while working with database design features.

Defining Google BigQuery Objects

Follow these steps to create Google BigQuery objects and define their properties:

  1. In the Model Explorer, right-click the required object and click New.

    An instance of the object is created.
  2. Right-click the newly created instance and click Properties.

    The object's property editor opens.
  3. Set the values of all the required properties.
    For information on properties, refer to the corresponding object's property page from the above list.
  4. Click Close.
    The object is created and the required properties are set.