Google BigQuery Enhancements

Several enhancements have been implemented for Google BigQuery:

Primary Key Type

Google BigQuery models now support the PK (primary key) type and display it in the Index Editor. Earlier, primary key was available only in the Column Editor. The information is synchronized between both editors.

Apart from Primary Key, Search, and Vector are other supported types. You can create multiple search and vector indexes in a table, but each table can generate only one search index and one vector index at a time.

Comprehensive Column Sorting

The Sort feature in the Google BigQuery Column Editor now lets you sort columns in the different ways to help you organize and analyze your data.

You can select the method you want using the drop-down menu that opens after you click the Sort button.

property editor SORT icon Alphabetic

Specifies that the column list is sorted in alphabetic order. This is applicable only in the Column Editor and is not reflected in the ER diagram.

Property editor Reverse Alpha Sort Button Reverse Alphabetic

Specifies that the column list is sorted in reverse alphabetic order. This is applicable only in the Column Editor and is not reflected in the ER diagram.

property editor SORT icon Column Alphabetic

Specifies that the column list is sorted in alphabetic order. This is applicable in the Column Editor and the ER Diagram.

Property editor Reverse Alpha Sort Button Column Reverse Alphabetic

Specifies that the column list is sorted in reverse alphabetic order. This is applicable in the Column Editor and the ER Diagram.

Column Editor Toolbar-Sort Button-Column Order Sort Column Order

Specifies that the column list is sorted by the current column order. This updates the order for any movements in the sequence of columns.

erw_hlp--Column Editor Toolbar-Sort Button-Physical Order Sort--SCR Physical Order

Specifies that the column list is sorted in physical order. This applies the original column order defined when the table was created.

Primary key columns and non-key columns are sorted separately when you apply column sorting. You can also sort nested columns under each node independently. To sort nested columns under a node, select the node, click Sort, and select the sort order from the drop-down menu.

For all NoSQL tables except Google BigQuery only four types of column sorting options are available: Alphabetic, Reverse Alphabetic, Column Alphabetic, and Column Reverse Alphabetic. For Google BigQuery tables, all six sorting options listed above are available.