本文档简要介绍了 BigQuery 中的矢量搜索。向量搜索是一种使用嵌入式技术比较类似对象的技术,用于为 Google 产品(包括 Google 搜索、YouTube 和 Google Play)提供支持。您可以使用向量搜索来大规模执行搜索。将向量索引与向量搜索结合使用时,您可以利用倒排文件索引 (IVF) 和 ScaNN 算法等基础技术。
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Vector\nsearch is a technique to compare similar objects using embeddings, and it\nis used to power Google products, including Google Search,\nYouTube, and Google Play. You can use vector search to perform\nsearches at scale. When you use [vector indexes](/bigquery/docs/vector-index)\nwith vector search, you can take advantage of foundational technologies like\ninverted file indexing (IVF) and the\n[ScaNN algorithm](https://research.google/blog/announcing-scann-efficient-vector-similarity-search/).\n\nVector search is built on embeddings. Embeddings are high-dimensional numerical\nvectors that represent a given entity, like a piece of text or an audio file.\nMachine learning (ML) models use embeddings to encode semantics about such\nentities to make it easier to reason about and compare them. For example, a\ncommon operation in clustering, classification, and recommendation models is to\nmeasure the distance between vectors in an\n[embedding space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_space) to find items\nthat are most semantically similar.\n\nThis concept of semantic similarity and distance in an embedding space is\nvisually demonstrated when you consider how different items might be plotted.\nFor example, terms like *cat* , *dog* , and *lion* , which all represent types of\nanimals, are grouped close together in this space due to their shared semantic\ncharacteristics. Similarly, terms like *car* , *truck* , and the more generic term\n*vehicle* would form another cluster. This is shown in the following image:\n\nYou can see that the animal and vehicle clusters are positioned far apart\nfrom each other. The separation between the groups illustrates the principle\nthat the closer objects are in the embedding space, the more semantically\nsimilar they are, and greater distances indicate greater semantic dissimilarity.\n\nBigQuery provides an end-to-end experience for generating\nembeddings, indexing content, and performing vector searches. You can complete\neach of these tasks independently, or in a single journey. For a tutorial\nthat shows how to complete all of these tasks, see\n[Perform semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation](/bigquery/docs/vector-index-text-search-tutorial).\n\nTo perform a vector search by using SQL, you use the\n[`VECTOR_SEARCH` function](/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/search_functions#vector_search).\nYou can optionally create a [vector index](/bigquery/docs/vector-index) by\nusing the\n[`CREATE VECTOR INDEX` statement](/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#create_vector_index_statement).\nWhen a vector index is used, `VECTOR_SEARCH` uses the\n[Approximate Nearest Neighbor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest_neighbor_search#Approximation_methods)\nsearch technique to improve vector search performance, with the\ntrade-off of reducing\n[recall](https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course/classification/precision-and-recall#recallsearch_term_rules)\nand so returning more approximate results. Without a vector index,\n`VECTOR_SEARCH` uses\n[brute force search](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_search)\nto measure distance for every record. You can also choose to use brute\nforce to get exact results even when a vector index is available.\n\nThis document focuses on the SQL approach, but you can also perform\nvector searches by using BigQuery DataFrames in Python. For a notebook\nthat illustrates the Python approach, see\n[Build a Vector Search application using BigQuery DataFrames](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-dataframes/blob/main/notebooks/generative_ai/bq_dataframes_llm_vector_search.ipynb).\n\nUse cases\n---------\n\nThe combination of embedding generation and vector search enables many\ninteresting use cases. Some possible use cases are as follows:\n\n- **[Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)](/use-cases/retrieval-augmented-generation):** Parse documents, perform vector search on content, and generate summarized answers to natural language questions using Gemini models, all within BigQuery. For a notebook that illustrates this scenario, see [Build a Vector Search application using BigQuery DataFrames](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-dataframes/blob/main/notebooks/generative_ai/bq_dataframes_llm_vector_search.ipynb).\n- **Recommending product substitutes or matching products:** Enhance ecommerce applications by suggesting product alternatives based on customer behavior and product similarity.\n- **Log analytics:** Help teams proactively triage anomalies in logs and accelerate investigations. You can also use this capability to enrich context for LLMs, in order to improve threat detection, forensics, and troubleshooting workflows. For a notebook that illustrates this scenario, see [Log Anomaly Detection \\& Investigation with Text Embeddings + BigQuery Vector Search](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/generative-ai/blob/main/embeddings/use-cases/outlier-detection/bq-vector-search-outlier-detection-audit-logs.ipynb).\n- **Clustering and targeting:** Segment audiences with precision. For example, a hospital chain could cluster patients using natural language notes and structured data, or a marketer could target ads based on query intent. For a notebook that illustrates this scenario, see [Create-Campaign-Customer-Segmentation](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/chocolate-ai/blob/main/colab-enterprise/Create-Campaign-Customer-Segmentation.ipynb).\n- **Entity resolution and deduplication:** Cleanse and consolidate data. For example, an advertising company could deduplicate personally identifiable information (PII) records, or a real estate company could identify matching mailing addresses.\n\nPricing\n-------\n\nThe `VECTOR_SEARCH` function and the `CREATE VECTOR INDEX` statement use\n[BigQuery compute pricing](/bigquery/pricing#analysis_pricing_models).\n\n- `VECTOR_SEARCH` function: You are charged for similarity search, using\n on-demand or editions pricing.\n\n - On-demand: You are charged for the amount of bytes scanned in the base table, the index, and the search query.\n - Editions pricing: You are charged for the slots required to complete\n the job within your reservation edition. Larger, more complex\n similarity calculations incur more charges.\n\n | **Note:** Using an index isn't supported in [Standard editions](/bigquery/docs/editions-intro).\n- `CREATE VECTOR INDEX` statement: There is no charge for the processing\n required to build and refresh your vector indexes as long as the total\n size of the indexed table data is below your per-organization\n [limit](/bigquery/quotas#vector_index_maximum_table_size). To\n support indexing beyond this limit, you must\n [provide your own reservation](/bigquery/docs/vector-index#use_your_own_reservation)\n for handling the index management jobs.\n\nStorage is also a consideration for embeddings and indexes. The amount of bytes\nstored as embeddings and indexes are subject to\n[active storage costs](/bigquery/pricing#storage).\n\n- Vector indexes incur storage costs when they are active.\n- You can find the index storage size by using the [`INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VECTOR_INDEXES` view](/bigquery/docs/information-schema-vector-indexes). If the vector index is not yet at 100% coverage, you are still charged for whatever has been indexed. You can check index coverage by using the `INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VECTOR_INDEXES` view.\n\nQuotas and limits\n-----------------\n\nFor more information, see\n[Vector index limits](/bigquery/quotas#vector_index_limits).\n\nLimitations\n-----------\n\nQueries that contain the `VECTOR_SEARCH` function aren't accelerated by\n[BigQuery BI Engine](/bigquery/docs/bi-engine-intro).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn more about [creating a vector index](/bigquery/docs/vector-index).\n- Learn how to perform a vector search using the [`VECTOR_SEARCH`\n function](/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/search_functions#vector_search).\n- Try the [Search embeddings with vector search](/bigquery/docs/vector-search) tutorial to learn how to create a vector index, and then do a vector search for embeddings both with and without the index.\n- Try the [Perform semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation](/bigquery/docs/vector-index-text-search-tutorial)\n tutorial to learn how to do the following tasks:\n\n - Generate text embeddings.\n - Create a vector index on the embeddings.\n - Perform a vector search with the embeddings to search for similar text.\n - Perform retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) by using vector search results to augment the prompt input and improve results.\n- Try the [Parse PDFs in a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline](/bigquery/docs/rag-pipeline-pdf)\n tutorial to learn how to create a RAG pipeline based on parsed PDF content."]]