Create a dataset in BigQuery.

Sample demonstrating how to create a dataset in BigQuery. Give the dataset a unique name. Note, that the geographic location for the location can not be changed once the dataset is created.

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C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


using Google.Apis.Bigquery.v2.Data;
using Google.Cloud.BigQuery.V2;

public class BigQueryCreateDataset
{
    public BigQueryDataset CreateDataset(
        string projectId = "your-project-id",
        string location = "US"
    )
    {
        BigQueryClient client = BigQueryClient.Create(projectId);
        var dataset = new Dataset
        {
            // Specify the geographic location where the dataset should reside.
            Location = location
        };
        // Create the dataset
        return client.CreateDataset(
            datasetId: "your_new_dataset_id", dataset);
    }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
)

// createDataset demonstrates creation of a new dataset using an explicit destination location.
func createDataset(projectID, datasetID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydataset"
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	meta := &bigquery.DatasetMetadata{
		Location: "US", // See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/locations
	}
	if err := client.Dataset(datasetID).Create(ctx, meta); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.DatasetInfo;

public class CreateDataset {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
    createDataset(datasetName);
  }

  public static void createDataset(String datasetName) {
    try {
      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

      String location = "US";

      DatasetInfo datasetInfo = DatasetInfo.newBuilder(datasetName).setLocation(location).build();

      Dataset newDataset = bigquery.create(datasetInfo);
      String newDatasetName = newDataset.getDatasetId().getDataset();
      System.out.println(newDatasetName + " created successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Dataset was not created. \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

// Import the Google Cloud client library and create a client
const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
const bigquery = new BigQuery();

async function createDataset() {
  // Creates a new dataset named "my_dataset".

  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
   */
  // const datasetId = "my_new_dataset";

  // Specify the geographic location where the dataset should reside
  const options = {
    location: 'US',
  };

  // Create a new dataset
  const [dataset] = await bigquery.createDataset(datasetId, options);
  console.log(`Dataset ${dataset.id} created.`);
}
createDataset();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

use Google\Cloud\BigQuery\BigQueryClient;

/**
 * Creates a dataset with the given dataset ID.
 *
 * @param string $projectId The project Id of your Google Cloud Project.
 * @param string $datasetId The BigQuery dataset ID.
 */
function create_dataset(string $projectId, string $datasetId): void
{
    $bigQuery = new BigQueryClient([
      'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $dataset = $bigQuery->createDataset($datasetId);
    printf('Created dataset %s' . PHP_EOL, $datasetId);
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google.cloud import bigquery

# Construct a BigQuery client object.
client = bigquery.Client()

# TODO(developer): Set dataset_id to the ID of the dataset to create.
# dataset_id = "{}.your_dataset".format(client.project)

# Construct a full Dataset object to send to the API.
dataset = bigquery.Dataset(dataset_id)

# TODO(developer): Specify the geographic location where the dataset should reside.
dataset.location = "US"

# Send the dataset to the API for creation, with an explicit timeout.
# Raises google.api_core.exceptions.Conflict if the Dataset already
# exists within the project.
dataset = client.create_dataset(dataset, timeout=30)  # Make an API request.
print("Created dataset {}.{}".format(client.project, dataset.dataset_id))

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

require "google/cloud/bigquery"

def create_dataset dataset_id = "my_dataset", location = "US"
  bigquery = Google::Cloud::Bigquery.new

  # Create the dataset in a specified geographic location
  bigquery.create_dataset dataset_id, location: location

  puts "Created dataset: #{dataset_id}"
end

Terraform

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands. For more information, see the Terraform provider reference documentation. 

resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "default" {
  dataset_id                      = "mydataset"
  default_partition_expiration_ms = 2592000000  # 30 days
  default_table_expiration_ms     = 31536000000 # 365 days
  description                     = "dataset description"
  location                        = "US"
  max_time_travel_hours           = 96 # 4 days

  labels = {
    billing_group = "accounting",
    pii           = "sensitive"
  }
}

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