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BigQuery Service Account Setup

Follow these steps to create a service account for BonData.

Step 1: Create a Service Account

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console
  2. Select your project (or create one)
  3. Navigate to IAM & AdminService Accounts
  4. Click Create Service Account
  5. Enter a name (e.g., bondata-bigquery)
  6. Click Create and Continue

Step 2: Grant Permissions

Assign these roles to the service account:
  • BigQuery Data Viewer - to read table data
  • BigQuery Job User - to run queries
  • BigQuery Metadata Viewer - to list datasets and tables
Click ContinueDone

Step 3: Create a Key

  1. Click on your new service account
  2. Go to the Keys tab
  3. Click Add KeyCreate new key
  4. Select JSON format
  5. Click Create - the key file will download

Step 4: Upload the Key

Upload or paste the downloaded JSON key file in BonData.

Required Fields

FieldDescription
Service Account JSONThe JSON key file downloaded from Google Cloud Console