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This client only needs to be created\n // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.\n https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.html bigquery = https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions.html.getDefaultInstance().getService();\n\n // This example dataset starts with existing label { color: 'green' }\n https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset.html dataset = bigquery.https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.html#com_google_cloud_bigquery_BigQuery_getDataset_com_google_cloud_bigquery_DatasetId_com_google_cloud_bigquery_BigQuery_DatasetOption____(datasetName);\n // Add label to dataset\n Map\u003cString, String\u003e labels = new HashMap\u003c\u003e();\n labels.put(\"color\", \"green\");\n\n dataset.https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset.html#com_google_cloud_bigquery_Dataset_toBuilder__().setLabels(labels).build().update();\n System.out.println(\"Label added successfully\");\n } catch (https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-bigquery/latest/com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException.html e) {\n System.out.println(\"Label was not added. \\n\" + e.toString());\n }\n }\n }\n\n### Node.js\n\n\nBefore trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the\n[BigQuery quickstart using\nclient libraries](/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[BigQuery Node.js API\nreference documentation](https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/bigquery/latest/index.html).\n\n\nTo authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for client libraries](/bigquery/docs/authentication#client-libs).\n\n // Import the Google Cloud client library\n const {BigQuery} = require('https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/overview.html');\n const bigquery = new https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/bigquery/bigquery.html();\n\n async function labelDataset() {\n // Updates a label on a dataset.\n\n /**\n * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample\n */\n // const datasetId = \"my_dataset\";\n\n // Retrieve current dataset metadata.\n const dataset = bigquery.dataset(datasetId);\n const [metadata] = await dataset.getMetadata();\n\n // Add label to dataset metadata\n metadata.labels = {color: 'green'};\n const [apiResponse] = await dataset.setMetadata(metadata);\n\n console.log(`${datasetId} labels:`);\n console.log(apiResponse.labels);\n }\n\n### Python\n\n\nBefore trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the\n[BigQuery quickstart using\nclient libraries](/bigquery/docs/quickstarts/quickstart-client-libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[BigQuery Python API\nreference documentation](/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for client libraries](/bigquery/docs/authentication#client-libs).\n\n\n from google.cloud import https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/\n\n # Construct a BigQuery client object.\n client = https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client.html()\n\n # TODO(developer): Set dataset_id to the ID of the dataset to fetch.\n # dataset_id = \"your-project.your_dataset\"\n\n dataset = client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client.html#google_cloud_bigquery_client_Client_get_dataset(dataset_id) # Make an API request.\n dataset.labels = {\"color\": \"green\"}\n dataset = client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client.html#google_cloud_bigquery_client_Client_update_dataset(dataset, [\"labels\"]) # Make an API request.\n\n print(\"Labels added to {}\".format(dataset_id))\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=bigquery)."]]