Consuming a data transfer in Google BigQuery

This article will describe how to consume a Bobsled data transfer in Google BigQuery. Bobsled utilizes Google Analytics Hub to facilitate data sharing.

Prerequisites

• A data transfer must be sent to the destination and access must be configured in Bobsled for the identity that is consuming the data.

Consuming the data transfer

1. From the Shares list page, click on the share that you would like to access.

2. Once a data transfer in the share has been completed, select the button Access Data

Accessing Data via Web Console

You can easily access the data using the web console link to the Analytics Hub listing. You will need to be logged in to the Google Cloud console with the account that has been configured to access the Bobsled share.

1. Select the Web console tab in the access data dialog in Bobsled.

2. Click the link icon to navigate to the Analytics Hub listing

3. Subscribe to the listing. Subscribing to the listing gives you read-only access to the data in the listing by creating a linked dataset in your project. For more information, visit View and subscribe to listings ↗