Summary of key points

Let’s revise our chapter-wise journey in this book right from the beginning in the following sections, which contain a list of key points from each chapter.

Chapter 1, Introducing BigQuery and Its Components

• BigQuery is a fully managed, serverless data warehouse that enables users to analyze data with SQL.
• BigQuery uses a columnar format that is optimized for analytics queries on structured and semi-structured data.
• You can use common SQL queries to analyze data in BigQuery, as BigQuery supports a standard SQL dialect known as GoogleSQL.
• There are several access methods for administration tasks in BigQuery, including the Google Cloud console, the bq command-line tool, and the BigQuery API.
• Role-based access control (RBAC) is used to secure data and resources. You can control access to rows as well as views.
• There are two pricing models: on-demand analysis and capacity pricing (BigQuery Editions), offering predictable pricing...