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Steps to complete:
  1. Create a Service Account
  2. Give the Service Account BigQuery Data Viewer, BigQuery Job User, BigQuery Resource Viewer access
  3. Create a temporary dataset and give BiqQuery Data Editor access to the service account
  4. Generate a Service Account JSON key
  5. Configure your data connection in Datafold

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Create a Service Account

To connect Datafold to your BigQuery project, you will need to create a service account for Datafold to use.
  • Navigate to the Google Developers Console, click on the drop-down to the left of the search bar, and select the project you want to connect to.
    • Note: If you do not see your project, you may need to switch accounts.
  • Click on the hamburger menu in the upper left, then select IAM & Admin followed by Service Accounts.
  • Create a service account named Datafold.

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Service Account Access and Permissions

The Datafold service account requires the following roles and permissions:
  • BigQuery Data Viewer for read access on all the datasets in the project.
  • BigQuery Job User to run queries.
  • BigQuery Resource Viewer to fetch the query logs for parsing lineage.