Bigtable to Cloud Storage Parquet template

The Bigtable to Cloud Storage Parquet template is a pipeline that reads data from a Bigtable table and writes it to a Cloud Storage bucket in Parquet format. You can use the template to move data from Bigtable to Cloud Storage.

Pipeline requirements

The Bigtable table must exist.
The output Cloud Storage bucket must exist before running the pipeline.

Template parameters

Required parameters

bigtableProjectId : The ID of the Google Cloud project that contains the Cloud Bigtable instance that you want to read data from.
bigtableInstanceId : The ID of the Cloud Bigtable instance that contains the table.
bigtableTableId : The ID of the Cloud Bigtable table to export.
outputDirectory : The path and filename prefix for writing output files. Must end with a slash. DateTime formatting is used to parse the directory path for date and time formatters. For example: gs://your-bucket/your-path.
filenamePrefix : The prefix of the Parquet file name. For example, "table1-". Defaults to: part.

Optional parameters

numShards : The maximum number of output shards produced when writing. A higher number of shards means higher throughput for writing to Cloud Storage, but potentially higher data aggregation cost across shards when processing output Cloud Storage files. The default value is decided by Dataflow.
bigtableAppProfileId : The ID of the Bigtable application profile to use for the export. If you don't specify an app profile, Bigtable uses the instance's default app profile: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/app-profiles#default-app-profile.

Run the template

Console

Go to the Dataflow Create job from template page.

Go to Create job from template

In the Job name field, enter a unique job name.
Optional: For Regional endpoint, select a value from the drop-down menu. The default region is us-central1.
For a list of regions where you can run a Dataflow job, see Dataflow locations.
From the Dataflow template drop-down menu, select the Cloud Bigtable to Parquet Files on Cloud Storage template.
In the provided parameter fields, enter your parameter values.
Click Run job.

gcloud

In your shell or terminal, run the template:

gcloud dataflow jobs run JOB_NAME \
    --gcs-location gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/VERSION/Cloud_Bigtable_to_GCS_Parquet \
    --region REGION_NAME \
    --parameters \
bigtableProjectId=BIGTABLE_PROJECT_ID,\
bigtableInstanceId=INSTANCE_ID,\
bigtableTableId=TABLE_ID,\
outputDirectory=OUTPUT_DIRECTORY,\
filenamePrefix=FILENAME_PREFIX,\
numShards=NUM_SHARDS

Replace the following:

JOB_NAME: a unique job name of your choice
VERSION: the version of the template that you want to use
You can use the following values:
- latest to use the latest version of the template, which is available in the non-dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/latest/
- the version name, like 2023-09-12-00_RC00, to use a specific version of the template, which can be found nested in the respective dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/
Caution: The latest version of templates might update with breaking changes. Your production environments should use templates kept in the most recent dated parent folder to prevent these breaking changes from affecting your production workflows.
REGION_NAME: the region where you want to deploy your Dataflow job—for example, us-central1
BIGTABLE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Google Cloud project of the Bigtable instance that you want to read data from
INSTANCE_ID: the ID of the Bigtable instance that contains the table
TABLE_ID: the ID of the Bigtable table to export
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: the Cloud Storage path where data is written, for example, gs://mybucket/somefolder
FILENAME_PREFIX: the prefix of the Parquet filename, for example, output-
NUM_SHARDS: the number of Parquet files to output, for example, 1

API

To run the template using the REST API, send an HTTP POST request. For more information on the API and its authorization scopes, see projects.templates.launch.

POST https://dataflow.googleapis.com/v1b3/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/templates:launch?gcsPath=gs://dataflow-templates-LOCATION/VERSION/Cloud_Bigtable_to_GCS_Parquet
{
   "jobName": "JOB_NAME",
   "parameters": {
       "bigtableProjectId": "BIGTABLE_PROJECT_ID",
       "bigtableInstanceId": "INSTANCE_ID",
       "bigtableTableId": "TABLE_ID",
       "outputDirectory": "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY",
       "filenamePrefix": "FILENAME_PREFIX",
       "numShards": "NUM_SHARDS"
   },
   "environment": { "zone": "us-central1-f" }
}

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the Google Cloud project ID where you want to run the Dataflow job
JOB_NAME: a unique job name of your choice
VERSION: the version of the template that you want to use
You can use the following values:
- latest to use the latest version of the template, which is available in the non-dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/latest/
- the version name, like 2023-09-12-00_RC00, to use a specific version of the template, which can be found nested in the respective dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/
Caution: The latest version of templates might update with breaking changes. Your production environments should use templates kept in the most recent dated parent folder to prevent these breaking changes from affecting your production workflows.
LOCATION: the region where you want to deploy your Dataflow job—for example, us-central1
BIGTABLE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Google Cloud project of the Bigtable instance that you want to read data from
INSTANCE_ID: the ID of the Bigtable instance that contains the table
TABLE_ID: the ID of the Bigtable table to export
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: the Cloud Storage path where data is written, for example, gs://mybucket/somefolder
FILENAME_PREFIX: the prefix of the Parquet filename, for example, output-
NUM_SHARDS: the number of Parquet files to output, for example, 1

Template source code

Java

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package com.google.cloud.teleport.bigtable;

import static com.google.cloud.teleport.bigtable.BigtableToAvro.toByteArray;

import com.google.bigtable.v2.Cell;
import com.google.bigtable.v2.Column;
import com.google.bigtable.v2.Family;
import com.google.bigtable.v2.Row;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.bigtable.BigtableToParquet.Options;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.Template;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.TemplateCategory;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.TemplateParameter;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecordBuilder;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.options.DataflowPipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.PipelineResult;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.avro.coders.AvroCoder;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.FileIO;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.bigtable.BigtableIO;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.parquet.ParquetIO;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.Default;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptionsFactory;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.ValueProvider;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.MapElements;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SimpleFunction;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection;

/**
 * Dataflow pipeline that exports data from a Cloud Bigtable table to Parquet files in GCS.
 * Currently, filtering on Cloud Bigtable table is not supported.
 *
 * <p>Check out <a
 * href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates/blob/main/v1/README_Cloud_Bigtable_to_GCS_Parquet.md">README</a>
 * for instructions on how to use or modify this template.
 */
@Template(
    name = "Cloud_Bigtable_to_GCS_Parquet",
    category = TemplateCategory.BATCH,
    displayName = "Cloud Bigtable to Parquet Files on Cloud Storage",
    description =
        "The Bigtable to Cloud Storage Parquet template is a pipeline that reads data from a Bigtable table and writes it to a Cloud Storage bucket in Parquet format. "
            + "You can use the template to move data from Bigtable to Cloud Storage.",
    optionsClass = Options.class,
    documentation =
        "https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/templates/provided/bigtable-to-parquet",
    contactInformation = "https://cloud.google.com/support",
    requirements = {
      "The Bigtable table must exist.",
      "The output Cloud Storage bucket must exist before running the pipeline."
    })
public class BigtableToParquet {

  /** Options for the export pipeline. */
  public interface Options extends PipelineOptions {

    @TemplateParameter.ProjectId(
        order = 1,
        groupName = "Source",
        description = "Project ID",
        helpText =
            "The ID of the Google Cloud project that contains the Cloud Bigtable instance that you want to read data from.")
    ValueProvider<String> getBigtableProjectId();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setBigtableProjectId(ValueProvider<String> projectId);

    @TemplateParameter.Text(
        order = 2,
        groupName = "Source",
        regexes = {"[a-z][a-z0-9\\-]+[a-z0-9]"},
        description = "Instance ID",
        helpText = "The ID of the Cloud Bigtable instance that contains the table.")
    ValueProvider<String> getBigtableInstanceId();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setBigtableInstanceId(ValueProvider<String> instanceId);

    @TemplateParameter.Text(
        order = 3,
        groupName = "Source",
        regexes = {"[_a-zA-Z0-9][-_.a-zA-Z0-9]*"},
        description = "Table ID",
        helpText = "The ID of the Cloud Bigtable table to export.")
    ValueProvider<String> getBigtableTableId();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setBigtableTableId(ValueProvider<String> tableId);

    @TemplateParameter.GcsWriteFolder(
        order = 4,
        groupName = "Target",
        description = "Output file directory in Cloud Storage",
        helpText =
            "The path and filename prefix for writing output files. Must end with a slash. DateTime formatting is used to parse the directory path for date and time formatters. For example: gs://your-bucket/your-path.")
    ValueProvider<String> getOutputDirectory();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setOutputDirectory(ValueProvider<String> outputDirectory);

    @TemplateParameter.Text(
        order = 5,
        groupName = "Target",
        description = "Parquet file prefix",
        helpText =
            "The prefix of the Parquet file name. For example, \"table1-\". Defaults to: part.")
    @Default.String("part")
    ValueProvider<String> getFilenamePrefix();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setFilenamePrefix(ValueProvider<String> filenamePrefix);

    @TemplateParameter.Integer(
        order = 6,
        groupName = "Target",
        optional = true,
        description = "Maximum output shards",
        helpText =
            "The maximum number of output shards produced when writing. A higher number of shards means higher throughput for writing to Cloud Storage, but potentially higher data aggregation cost across shards when processing output Cloud Storage files. The default value is decided by Dataflow.")
    @Default.Integer(0)
    ValueProvider<Integer> getNumShards();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setNumShards(ValueProvider<Integer> numShards);

    @TemplateParameter.Text(
        order = 7,
        groupName = "Source",
        optional = true,
        regexes = {"[_a-zA-Z0-9][-_.a-zA-Z0-9]*"},
        description = "Application profile ID",
        helpText =
            "The ID of the Bigtable application profile to use for the export. If you don't specify an app profile, Bigtable uses the instance's default app profile: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/app-profiles#default-app-profile.")
    @Default.String("default")
    ValueProvider<String> getBigtableAppProfileId();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setBigtableAppProfileId(ValueProvider<String> appProfileId);
  }

  /**
   * Main entry point for pipeline execution.
   *
   * @param args Command line arguments to the pipeline.
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Options options = PipelineOptionsFactory.fromArgs(args).withValidation().as(Options.class);

    PipelineResult result = run(options);

    // Wait for pipeline to finish only if it is not constructing a template.
    if (options.as(DataflowPipelineOptions.class).getTemplateLocation() == null) {
      result.waitUntilFinish();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Runs a pipeline to export data from a Cloud Bigtable table to Parquet file(s) in GCS.
   *
   * @param options arguments to the pipeline
   */
  public static PipelineResult run(Options options) {
    Pipeline pipeline = Pipeline.create(PipelineUtils.tweakPipelineOptions(options));
    BigtableIO.Read read =
        BigtableIO.read()
            .withProjectId(options.getBigtableProjectId())
            .withInstanceId(options.getBigtableInstanceId())
            .withAppProfileId(options.getBigtableAppProfileId())
            .withTableId(options.getBigtableTableId());

    // Do not validate input fields if it is running as a template.
    if (options.as(DataflowPipelineOptions.class).getTemplateLocation() != null) {
      read = read.withoutValidation();
    }

    /**
     * Steps: 1) Read records from Bigtable. 2) Convert a Bigtable Row to a GenericRecord. 3) Write
     * GenericRecord(s) to GCS in parquet format.
     */
    FileIO.Write<Void, GenericRecord> write =
        FileIO.<GenericRecord>write()
            .via(ParquetIO.sink(BigtableRow.getClassSchema()))
            .to(options.getOutputDirectory())
            .withPrefix(options.getFilenamePrefix())
            .withSuffix(".parquet");
    ValueProvider<Integer> numShardsOpt = options.getNumShards();
    if (numShardsOpt.isAccessible()) {
      Integer numShards = numShardsOpt.get();
      if (numShards != null && numShards > 0) {
        write = write.withNumShards(options.getNumShards());
      }
    }
    pipeline
        .apply("Read from Bigtable", read)
        .apply("Transform to Parquet", MapElements.via(new BigtableToParquetFn()))
        .setCoder(AvroCoder.of(GenericRecord.class, BigtableRow.getClassSchema()))
        .apply("Write to Parquet in GCS", write);

    return pipeline.run();
  }

  /**
   * Translates a {@link PCollection} of Bigtable {@link Row} to a {@link PCollection} of {@link
   * GenericRecord}.
   */
  static class BigtableToParquetFn extends SimpleFunction<Row, GenericRecord> {
    @Override
    public GenericRecord apply(Row row) {
      ByteBuffer key = ByteBuffer.wrap(toByteArray(row.getKey()));
      List<BigtableCell> cells = new ArrayList<>();
      for (Family family : row.getFamiliesList()) {
        String familyName = family.getName();
        for (Column column : family.getColumnsList()) {
          ByteBuffer qualifier = ByteBuffer.wrap(toByteArray(column.getQualifier()));
          for (Cell cell : column.getCellsList()) {
            long timestamp = cell.getTimestampMicros();
            ByteBuffer value = ByteBuffer.wrap(toByteArray(cell.getValue()));
            cells.add(new BigtableCell(familyName, qualifier, timestamp, value));
          }
        }
      }
      return new GenericRecordBuilder(BigtableRow.getClassSchema())
          .set("key", key)
          .set("cells", cells)
          .build();
    }
  }
}

What's next

Learn about Dataflow templates.
See the list of Google-provided templates.