Best practices for optimizing compute
This section covers analysis optimization. Here, you will learn how to plan, adjust, and utilize the greatest amount of cost efficiency in BigQuery. Referred to as compute, analysis, or processing, you have various options and strategies to leverage and consider as you utilize and optimize BigQuery to process your table data.
Analysis cost options
Because of its accessibility and capabilities, BigQuery has been adopted as the primary data platform for users from various data backgrounds and experience levels. Initially, the service was entirely an on-demand pay-as-you-go pricing model. This means you are only billed for what you use and there is a standard service level and features for everyone. Now, in addition to on-demand pricing, with BigQuery Editions, there are options for more demanding and predictable data analytics workloads.
As mentioned previously, query processing costs in BigQuery can be billed in two different ways –...
